Kaitlynn
Kaitlynn is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 44 births. Its best rank was 356th, in 1998.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 440.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1999822 births
- Best rank
- #356in 1998
- Since 1982
- 16,373people given the name
The story in the numbers
16,373 girls have been named Kaitlynn in the United States since 1982, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1999, with 822 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2001, and the 2000s alone account for 40%. It has spent 28 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1999, its biggest year
Kaitlynn was the 361st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1999 were Emily, Hannah, Alexis, Sarah and Samantha. See all of 1999.
Names that rose and fell with Kaitlynn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Caitlynnpeak 1998
- Katelynnpeak 1998
- Briannapeak 2000
- Haleighpeak 2000
- Bryannapeak 1998
- Kayleapeak 1999
- Alexzandriapeak 2003
- Destanipeak 2000
Other spellings in the data
- Kaitlyn166,341 ever
- Caitlin112,068 ever
- Kaitlin57,319 ever
- Caitlyn52,531 ever
- Caitlynn4,935 ever
- Kaytlin3,324 ever
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.