Caitlin

Where Caitlin comes from

The dictionaries list Caitlin as a given name — a female given name from Irish Caitlín, equivalent to English Catherine — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1955
    First appearance
    #5,828 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1988
    Peak, #44
    7,246 babies named Caitlin — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1994
    Caitlin Foord born
    Australian soccer player
  4. 1999
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #93.
  5. 2002
    Caitlin Clark born
    American basketball player
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Irish Caitlín, equivalent to English Catherine.
Namesakes
  • Caitlin Clark · American basketball player, born 2002
  • Caitlin Foord · Australian soccer player, born 1994
  • Caitlin Stasey · Australian actress and singer, born 1990
  • Caitlin FitzGerald · American actress, born 1983
  • Caitlin Leverenz · American swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist, born 1991

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.