Kaitlyn
#799 for girls in 2025, 340 births · Last seen for boys in 2009 at #12,491
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2000 · 8,759 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 23 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 166,689since 1971
Kaitlyn over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #799 | 340 | — | |
| 2024 | #647 | 453 | — | |
| 2023 | #618 | 483 | — | |
| 2022 | #628 | 470 | — | |
| 2021 | #583 | 520 | — | |
| 2020 | #488 | 624 | — | |
| 2019 | #443 | 701 | — | |
| 2018 | #386 | 805 | — | |
| 2017 | #345 | 938 | — | |
| 2016 | #329 | 999 | — | |
| 2015 | #197 | 1,663 | — | |
| 2014 | #160 | 2,060 | — | |
| 2013 | #134 | 2,379 | — | |
| 2012 | #118 | 2,601 | — | |
| 2011 | #100 | 2,908 | — | |
| 2010 | #89 | 3,303 | — | |
| 2009 | #67 | 4,207 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #53 | 5,117 | #8,324 | 9 |
| 2007 | #44 | 5,551 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | #41 | 6,074 | #6,904 | 11 |
| 2005 | #34 | 6,521 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #33 | 6,988 | #2,887 | 35 |
| 2003 | #32 | 7,547 | #6,258 | 11 |
| 2002 | #32 | 7,981 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #31 | 8,164 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #30 | 8,759 | #5,588 | 12 |
| 1999 | #33 | 8,158 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #35 | 7,937 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | #41 | 7,005 | #5,642 | 10 |
| 1996 | #40 | 7,241 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #42 | 7,385 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #48 | 6,686 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #46 | 6,956 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #42 | 7,480 | #4,114 | 14 |
| 1991 | #82 | 4,407 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #78 | 4,312 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #95 | 3,392 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #106 | 2,688 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #163 | 1,706 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #219 | 1,207 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #284 | 879 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #465 | 449 | — | |
| 1983 | #630 | 274 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,045 | 138 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,354 | 92 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,720 | 65 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,931 | 29 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,459 | 15 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 | — | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | — | |
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| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kaitlyn! It came in at #8,324, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1971–1974, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kaitlyn is popular in 2017
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- West Virginia#174 · 1 in 586
- Mississippi#183 · 1 in 683
- Alabama#203 · 1 in 834
- South Carolina#221 · 1 in 888
- South Dakota#223 · 1 in 617
Best ever in a state: #7 in West Virginia, 2001.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #174 | 10 | 1 in 586 |
| Mississippi | #183 | 16 | 1 in 683 |
| Alabama | #203 | 23 | 1 in 834 |
| South Carolina | #221 | 20 | 1 in 888 |
| South Dakota | #223 | 5 | 1 in 617 |
| New Jersey | #240 | 34 | 1 in 1,058 |
| Connecticut | #250 | 12 | 1 in 981 |
| Texas | #271 | 117 | 1 in 1,366 |
| Arkansas | #274 | 11 | 1 in 1,021 |
| New York | #301 | 62 | 1 in 1,419 |
| Tennessee | #301 | 25 | 1 in 1,224 |
| Louisiana | #305 | 17 | 1 in 1,170 |
| Oregon | #309 | 12 | 1 in 1,208 |
| Indiana | #312 | 22 | 1 in 1,368 |
| Wisconsin | #314 | 17 | 1 in 1,328 |
| Maryland | #321 | 18 | 1 in 1,293 |
| California | #333 | 118 | 1 in 1,659 |
| Pennsylvania | #337 | 34 | 1 in 1,504 |
| Virginia | #349 | 23 | 1 in 1,567 |
| Florida | #355 | 51 | 1 in 1,685 |
| Missouri | #360 | 17 | 1 in 1,528 |
| Idaho | #377 | 5 | 1 in 1,263 |
| Minnesota | #392 | 14 | 1 in 1,709 |
| Michigan | #404 | 22 | 1 in 1,876 |
| Illinois | #407 | 29 | 1 in 1,915 |
| Massachusetts | #410 | 14 | 1 in 1,800 |
| Georgia | #413 | 26 | 1 in 1,813 |
| Ohio | #414 | 27 | 1 in 1,918 |
| North Carolina | #423 | 24 | 1 in 1,891 |
| Arizona | #425 | 16 | 1 in 1,879 |
| Kansas | #439 | 7 | 1 in 1,713 |
| Utah | #449 | 9 | 1 in 1,894 |
| Kentucky | #467 | 9 | 1 in 1,987 |
| Washington | #488 | 14 | 1 in 2,219 |
| Colorado | #525 | 10 | 1 in 2,262 |
| Oklahoma | #549 | 7 | 1 in 2,249 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Kaitlyn
- 152 spots since 2024 (#647 → #799)
- 311 spots since 2020 (#488 → #799)
- 602 spots since 2015 (#197 → #799)
- Biggest jump: 415 spots in 1983 (#1,045 → #630)
- Biggest drop: 152 spots in 2025 (#647 → #799)
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 2000 at #30 (8,759 births)
- Births halved by 2009, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 23 yrs · run 1989–2011
- Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1983–2025
- Highest: 1 in 207 girls born in 2000 were named Kaitlyn (0.48%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,727 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 40.5% of all girls named Kaitlyn (67,567) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 76 | #2,931 (1979) | #5,949 |
| 1980s | 10,890 | #95 (1989) | #608 |
| 1990s | 67,567 | #33 (1999) | #49 |
| 2000s | 66,909 | #30 (2000) | #40 |
| 2010s | 18,357 | #89 (2010) | #230 |
| 2020s | 2,890 | #488 (2020) | #627 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Kaitlyn in 2017
Top girls' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 1,841 of them was named Kaitlyn, which outranked 98.1% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #342Evelynn945
- #343Haley944
- #344Miranda939
- #345Kaitlyn938
- #345Felicity938
- #347Daniella932
- #348Angel931
- #349Evie930
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.