Caitlynn
Caitlynn is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 14 births. Its best rank was 734th, in 1998.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 140.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1998297 births
- Best rank
- #734in 1998
- Since 1985
- 4,935people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,935 girls have been named Caitlynn in the United States since 1985, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1998, with 297 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 42%. It has spent 7 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1998, its biggest year
Caitlynn was the 734th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1998 were Emily, Hannah, Samantha, Sarah and Ashley. See all of 1998.
Names that rose and fell with Caitlynn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kaitlynnpeak 1999
- Haleighpeak 2000
- Katelynnpeak 1998
- Bryannapeak 1998
- Kayleapeak 1999
- Destanipeak 2000
- Chyannepeak 1999
- Briannapeak 2000
Other spellings in the data
- Kaitlyn166,341 ever
- Caitlin112,068 ever
- Kaitlin57,319 ever
- Caitlyn52,531 ever
- Kaitlynn16,373 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.