Kaitlynn

#3,645 for girls in 2025, 41 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #11,356
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1998 · 809 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
16,419
since 1982

Kaitlynn over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kaitlynn has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202000peak #356, 1998girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,64541
2024#3,45945
2023#3,64042
2022#2,72063
2021#3,00255
2020#1,92499
2019#1,833111
2018#1,852109
2017#1,524145
2016#1,371171
2015#989273
2014#929290
2013#842312
2012#695404
2011#732377
2010#715395
2009#634471
2008#544565
2007#497651
2006#527574
2005#476647
2004#453670#11,3565
2003#440680
2002#399731
2001#368808
2000#368801
1999#361822
1998#356809
1997#366754
1996#365745
1995#378698
1994#413602
1993#420595
1992#452551
1991#619364
1990#655340
1989#785246
1988#996165
1987#1,43391
1986#1,83861
1985#3,51724
1984#4,31817
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First appearance
1982

The first year at least five girls were named Kaitlynn! It came in at #10,517, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1982–1983, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Kaitlynn is popular in 2000

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlynn, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlynn, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlynn, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlynn, so not publishedNHWashington: #310 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,398 girlsWAIdaho: #231 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 868 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlynn, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlynn, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #418 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,563 girlsMNIllinois: #437 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 2,544 girlsILWisconsin: #408 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,318 girlsWIMichigan: #272 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 1,445 girlsMINew York: #529 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 3,240 girlsNYMassachusetts: #672 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,234 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlynn, so not publishedRIOregon: #272 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,176 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlynn, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlynn, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlynn, so not publishedSDIowa: #286 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,418 girlsIAIndiana: #191 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 925 girlsINOhio: #259 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 1,409 girlsOHPennsylvania: #372 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 2,150 girlsPANew Jersey: #613 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,176 girlsNJConnecticut: #405 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,528 girlsCTCalifornia: #521 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 3,153 girlsCAUtah: #440 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,130 girlsUTColorado: #310 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,416 girlsCONebraska: #249 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,045 girlsNEMissouri: #223 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,090 girlsMOKentucky: #197 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 974 girlsKYWest Virginia: #159 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 661 girlsWVVirginia: #279 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,366 girlsVAMaryland: #436 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,460 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlynn, so not publishedDEArizona: #365 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,681 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlynn, so not publishedNMKansas: #397 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,906 girlsKSArkansas: #186 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 760 girlsARTennessee: #205 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 1,005 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #479 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,818 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #417 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,113 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlynn, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #324 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,525 girlsOKLouisiana: #264 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,217 girlsLAMississippi: #492 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,405 girlsMSAlabama: #380 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,920 girlsALGeorgia: #517 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 3,004 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlynn, so not publishedHITexas: #364 for girls · 80 births · 1 in 1,915 girlsTXFlorida: #373 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 2,147 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. West Virginia#159 · 1 in 661
  2. Arkansas#186 · 1 in 760
  3. Indiana#191 · 1 in 925
  4. Kentucky#197 · 1 in 974
  5. Tennessee#205 · 1 in 1,005

Best ever in a state: #100 in North Dakota, 2002.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#159111 in 661
Arkansas#186161 in 760
Indiana#191361 in 925
Kentucky#197211 in 974
Tennessee#205311 in 1,005
Missouri#223271 in 1,090
Idaho#23171 in 868
Nebraska#24981 in 1,045
Ohio#259441 in 1,409
Louisiana#264181 in 1,217
Michigan#272361 in 1,445
Oregon#272141 in 1,176
Virginia#279261 in 1,366
Iowa#286101 in 1,418
Colorado#310171 in 1,416
Washington#310211 in 1,398
Oklahoma#324111 in 1,525
Texas#364801 in 1,915
Arizona#365191 in 1,681
Pennsylvania#372271 in 2,150
Florida#373361 in 2,147
Alabama#380111 in 1,920
Kansas#39771 in 1,906
Connecticut#40561 in 2,528
Wisconsin#408111 in 2,318
South Carolina#41781 in 2,113
Minnesota#418101 in 2,563
Maryland#436101 in 2,460
Illinois#437281 in 2,544
Utah#44081 in 2,130
North Carolina#479161 in 2,818
Mississippi#49251 in 2,405
Georgia#517161 in 3,004
California#521711 in 3,153
New York#529311 in 3,240
New Jersey#613101 in 4,176
Massachusetts#67261 in 5,234
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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 Kaitlynn
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 186 spots since 2024 (#3,459#3,645)
  • 1,721 spots since 2020 (#1,924#3,645)
  • 2,656 spots since 2015 (#989#3,645)
  • Biggest jump: 437 spots in 1988 (#1,433#996)
  • Biggest drop: 382 spots in 2016 (#989#1,371)
Rise & fade · girls
16 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1982
  • Peaked 1998 at #356 (809 births)
  • Births halved by 2010, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 28 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1988–2015
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,158
  • Highest: 1 in 2,158 girls born in 1999 were named Kaitlynn (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 39,202 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #356 in 1998, was only 1 in 2,184 (0.05%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 40.2% of all girls named Kaitlynn (6,598) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s609#785 (1989)#3,343
1990s6,280#356 (1998)#439
2000s6,598#368 (2001)#471
2010s2,587#695 (2012)#1,148
2020s345#1,924 (2020)#3,065

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.

Kaitlynn in 2000

girls
#368
801 births · 1 in 2,267 girls

Top girls' names in 2000

  1. #1Emily25,959
  2. #2Hannah23,087
  3. #3Madison19,968
  4. #4Ashley18,000
  5. #5Sarah17,715
  6. #6Alexis17,631
  7. #7Samantha17,265
  8. #8Jessica15,711
  9. #9Elizabeth15,117
  10. #10Taylor15,080
  11. #368Kaitlynn801
More about 2000

girls

1,816,036 girls got a published name in 2000; 1 in 2,267 of them was named Kaitlynn, which outranked 97.9% of the 17,660 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kaitlynn
  1. #365Anahi814
  2. #366Virginia811
  3. #367Gisselle810
  4. #368Kaitlynn801
  5. #369Julissa798
  6. #370Cheyanne795
  7. #371Lacey793
Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. 2,528Laisha#3,509#981
  2. 2,131Litzy#2,527#396
  3. 2,096Cielo#2,991#895
  4. 1,864Yamilet#2,703#839
  5. 1,775Nyah#2,567#792
Fallers
  1. 560Tatyanna#951#1,511
  2. 529Jailene#506#1,035
  3. 431Shanice#727#1,158
  4. 384Chantal#921#1,305
  5. 348Infant#658#1,006

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2000