Katelyn
#1,076 for girls in 2025, 225 births · Last seen for boys in 2013 at #12,136
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2001 · 5,441 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 22 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 134,049since 1970
Katelyn 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,076 | 225 | — | |
| 2024 | #926 | 286 | — | |
| 2023 | #850 | 315 | — | |
| 2022 | #901 | 309 | — | |
| 2021 | #761 | 376 | — | |
| 2020 | #676 | 420 | — | |
| 2019 | #531 | 576 | — | |
| 2018 | #503 | 619 | — | |
| 2017 | #413 | 768 | — | |
| 2016 | #376 | 871 | — | |
| 2015 | #239 | 1,385 | — | |
| 2014 | #172 | 1,924 | — | |
| 2013 | #143 | 2,149 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | #132 | 2,416 | — | |
| 2011 | #106 | 2,842 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #103 | 2,959 | — | |
| 2009 | #90 | 3,571 | — | |
| 2008 | #80 | 3,976 | — | |
| 2007 | #75 | 4,259 | — | |
| 2006 | #61 | 4,890 | #9,585 | 7 |
| 2005 | #59 | 4,928 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #59 | 4,952 | #3,368 | 28 |
| 2003 | #58 | 5,054 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #53 | 5,267 | — | |
| 2001 | #52 | 5,441 | — | |
| 2000 | #54 | 5,502 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #55 | 5,309 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #58 | 5,367 | — | |
| 1997 | #63 | 5,156 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #64 | 5,421 | — | |
| 1995 | #59 | 5,573 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #58 | 5,670 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #54 | 5,975 | — | |
| 1992 | #65 | 5,291 | #4,564 | 12 |
| 1991 | #75 | 4,560 | — | |
| 1990 | #75 | 4,489 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #76 | 4,036 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #84 | 3,510 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | #127 | 2,219 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1986 | #149 | 1,939 | #4,130 | 10 |
| 1985 | #191 | 1,419 | — | |
| 1984 | #332 | 702 | — | |
| 1983 | #471 | 424 | — | |
| 1982 | #717 | 242 | — | |
| 1981 | #964 | 152 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,068 | 132 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,731 | 63 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,191 | 42 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,486 | 21 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | — | |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | — | |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | — | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | — | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Katelyn! It came in at #5,413, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1971–1972, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.
Where Katelyn is popular in 1989
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Rhode Island#38 · 1 in 137
- New Hampshire#43 · 1 in 157
- Maine#44 · 1 in 175
- Massachusetts#45 · 1 in 195
- West Virginia#48 · 1 in 220
Best ever in a state: #17 in Alaska, 2002.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | #38 | 39 | 1 in 137 |
| New Hampshire | #43 | 44 | 1 in 157 |
| Maine | #44 | 36 | 1 in 175 |
| Massachusetts | #45 | 197 | 1 in 195 |
| West Virginia | #48 | 40 | 1 in 220 |
| South Dakota | #51 | 19 | 1 in 193 |
| Vermont | #51 | 15 | 1 in 183 |
| Minnesota | #52 | 135 | 1 in 210 |
| Pennsylvania | #53 | 321 | 1 in 224 |
| Alaska | #54 | 17 | 1 in 208 |
| Iowa | #55 | 70 | 1 in 227 |
| Michigan | #57 | 221 | 1 in 274 |
| Oregon | #58 | 62 | 1 in 259 |
| Wisconsin | #61 | 107 | 1 in 274 |
| Indiana | #62 | 119 | 1 in 289 |
| Ohio | #63 | 234 | 1 in 298 |
| North Dakota | #67 | 15 | 1 in 250 |
| Maryland | #70 | 84 | 1 in 330 |
| Nebraska | #70 | 34 | 1 in 268 |
| Virginia | #70 | 110 | 1 in 337 |
| Wyoming | #70 | 8 | 1 in 226 |
| Missouri | #71 | 93 | 1 in 350 |
| Connecticut | #72 | 65 | 1 in 294 |
| Utah | #72 | 42 | 1 in 320 |
| Kansas | #74 | 44 | 1 in 321 |
| Delaware | #75 | 15 | 1 in 246 |
| Oklahoma | #76 | 47 | 1 in 367 |
| Colorado | #78 | 55 | 1 in 374 |
| New Jersey | #78 | 133 | 1 in 361 |
| Illinois | #82 | 196 | 1 in 394 |
| Idaho | #90 | 14 | 1 in 367 |
| Montana | #91 | 10 | 1 in 359 |
| Washington | #91 | 67 | 1 in 440 |
| New York | #94 | 252 | 1 in 471 |
| Alabama | #100 | 43 | 1 in 527 |
| Kentucky | #102 | 38 | 1 in 560 |
| Tennessee | #103 | 54 | 1 in 552 |
| Florida | #105 | 137 | 1 in 562 |
| South Carolina | #105 | 34 | 1 in 582 |
| Georgia | #115 | 68 | 1 in 615 |
| North Carolina | #119 | 64 | 1 in 636 |
| Arkansas | #125 | 20 | 1 in 625 |
| Louisiana | #128 | 36 | 1 in 715 |
| California | #133 | 333 | 1 in 733 |
| Arizona | #134 | 35 | 1 in 727 |
| Mississippi | #137 | 21 | 1 in 652 |
| Texas | #141 | 167 | 1 in 799 |
| New Mexico | #150 | 14 | 1 in 654 |
| Nevada | #153 | 8 | 1 in 768 |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
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 Katelyn
- 150 spots since 2024 (#926 → #1,076)
- 400 spots since 2020 (#676 → #1,076)
- 837 spots since 2015 (#239 → #1,076)
- Biggest jump: 247 spots in 1982 (#964 → #717)
- Biggest drop: 150 spots in 2025 (#926 → #1,076)
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 2001 at #52 (5,441 births)
- Births halved by 2012, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 22 yrs · run 1988–2009
- Top 1,000: 44 yrs · run 1981–2024
- Highest: 1 in 303 girls born in 1993 were named Katelyn (0.33%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,143 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #52 in 2001, was only 1 in 331 (0.30%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 39.4% of all girls named Katelyn (52,811) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 183 | #1,731 (1979) | #5,231 |
| 1980s | 14,775 | #76 (1989) | #418 |
| 1990s | 52,811 | #54 (1993) | #63 |
| 2000s | 47,840 | #52 (2001) | #64 |
| 2010s | 16,509 | #103 (2010) | #272 |
| 2020s | 1,931 | #676 (2020) | #865 |
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.
Katelyn in 1989
Top girls' names in 1989
Top boys' names in 1989
More about 1989
girls
1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 457 of them was named Katelyn, which outranked 99.5% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 250,116 of them was named Katelyn, which outranked 39.2% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
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- #5,165Zion9
- #5,615Katelyn8
- #5,615Abdel8
- #5,615Abdias8
- #5,615Abed8
- #6,229Aarin7
- #6,229Aaryn7
- #6,229Abby7
Tied with 613 names at #5,615; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.