Caitlin
Caitlin is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 121 births. Its best rank was 44th, in 1988.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1210.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 19887,246 births
- Best rank
- #44in 1988
- Since 1955
- 112,068people given the name
The story in the numbers
112,068 girls have been named Caitlin in the United States since 1955, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1988, with 7,246 births — 0.41% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 121 births in 2024, against 7,246 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1993, and the 1990s alone account for 44%. It has spent 40 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 17 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Caitlin | |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 46 | |
| 1960s | 410 | |
| 1970s | 1,278 | |
| 1980s | 33,584 | |
| 1990s | 49,035 | |
| 2000s | 22,298 | |
| 2010s | 4,935 | |
| 2020s | 482 |
In 1988, its biggest year
Caitlin was the 44th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1988 were Jessica, Ashley, Amanda, Sarah and Jennifer. See all of 1988.
Names that rose and fell with Caitlin
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Teairapeak 1992
- Jerikapeak 1988
- Ashleighpeak 1991
- Catlinpeak 1991
- Tierapeak 1993
- Alyshapeak 1990
- Maeganpeak 1991
- Tierrapeak 1993
Other spellings in the data
- Kaitlyn166,341 ever
- Kaitlin57,319 ever
- Caitlyn52,531 ever
- Kaitlynn16,373 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.