Caitlin
#2,326 for girls in 2025, 78 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #6,138
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1988 · 7,246 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 17 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 112,143since 1955
Caitlin 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 | #2,326 | 78 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,681 | 121 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,288 | 80 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,193 | 86 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,186 | 85 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,792 | 110 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,523 | 142 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,360 | 166 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,416 | 161 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,152 | 218 | — | |
| 2015 | #610 | 477 | — | |
| 2014 | #496 | 628 | — | |
| 2013 | #468 | 654 | — | |
| 2012 | #424 | 741 | — | |
| 2011 | #393 | 803 | — | |
| 2010 | #339 | 945 | — | |
| 2009 | #267 | 1,216 | — | |
| 2008 | #235 | 1,459 | — | |
| 2007 | #230 | 1,530 | — | |
| 2006 | #209 | 1,653 | — | |
| 2005 | #193 | 1,778 | — | |
| 2004 | #161 | 2,050 | #6,138 | 12 |
| 2003 | #142 | 2,311 | — | |
| 2002 | #123 | 2,743 | — | |
| 2001 | #89 | 3,456 | — | |
| 2000 | #76 | 4,102 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #93 | 3,461 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #78 | 4,175 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #88 | 3,862 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #84 | 4,268 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | #81 | 4,384 | #4,508 | 13 |
| 1994 | #78 | 4,654 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #64 | 5,428 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #62 | 5,391 | #4,564 | 12 |
| 1991 | #55 | 6,384 | #4,476 | 12 |
| 1990 | #50 | 7,026 | #3,058 | 20 |
| 1989 | #49 | 7,025 | #1,733 | 44 |
| 1988 | #44 | 7,246 | #2,197 | 28 |
| 1987 | #63 | 4,989 | #2,215 | 26 |
| 1986 | #69 | 3,881 | #3,005 | 16 |
| 1985 | #77 | 3,593 | #3,216 | 14 |
| 1984 | #118 | 2,343 | #2,364 | 21 |
| 1983 | #153 | 1,885 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #219 | 1,192 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #309 | 784 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #365 | 646 | — | |
| 1979 | #677 | 254 | — | |
| 1978 | #711 | 222 | — | |
| 1977 | #854 | 172 | — | |
| 1976 | #956 | 133 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,219 | 94 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,323 | 80 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,433 | 68 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,313 | 77 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,376 | 77 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,154 | 100 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,153 | 93 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,244 | 77 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,416 | 61 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,568 | 51 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,993 | 34 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,530 | 24 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,424 | 25 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,438 | 14 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,189 | 16 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,212 | 15 | — | |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | — | |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,309 | 13 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 | — | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Caitlin! It came in at #5,828, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1955, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Caitlin is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Massachusetts#120 · 1 in 549
- New Hampshire#178 · 1 in 938
- Connecticut#284 · 1 in 1,773
- Maryland#361 · 1 in 2,282
- Washington#424 · 1 in 2,868
Best ever in a state: #21 in New Hampshire, 1988.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Massachusetts | #120 | 54 | 1 in 549 |
| New Hampshire | #178 | 5 | 1 in 938 |
| Connecticut | #284 | 8 | 1 in 1,773 |
| Maryland | #361 | 8 | 1 in 2,282 |
| Washington | #424 | 8 | 1 in 2,868 |
| New York | #465 | 31 | 1 in 3,172 |
| Wisconsin | #533 | 5 | 1 in 5,793 |
| Virginia | #541 | 6 | 1 in 4,640 |
| New Jersey | #542 | 9 | 1 in 4,030 |
| Ohio | #685 | 9 | 1 in 7,662 |
| Pennsylvania | #737 | 8 | 1 in 8,250 |
| California | #1,005 | 16 | 1 in 9,583 |
| Illinois | #1,104 | 6 | 1 in 11,817 |
| Texas | #1,297 | 7 | 1 in 14,770 |
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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 Caitlin
- 645 spots since 2024 (#1,681 → #2,326)
- 534 spots since 2020 (#1,792 → #2,326)
- 1,716 spots since 2015 (#610 → #2,326)
- Biggest jump: 312 spots in 1980 (#677 → #365)
- Biggest drop: 542 spots in 2016 (#610 → #1,152)
- Debuted 1955
- Peaked 1988 at #44 (7,246 births)
- Births halved by 1999, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 17 yrs · run 1985–2001
- Top 1,000: 40 yrs · run 1976–2015
- Highest: 1 in 246 girls born in 1988 were named Caitlin (0.41%)
- Latest: 1 in 20,606 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 43.7% of all girls named Caitlin (49,033) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 46 | #3,309 (1957) | #4,395 |
| 1960s | 410 | #1,153 (1969) | #2,217 |
| 1970s | 1,277 | #677 (1979) | #1,102 |
| 1980s | 33,584 | #44 (1988) | #147 |
| 1990s | 49,033 | #50 (1990) | #73 |
| 2000s | 22,298 | #76 (2000) | #173 |
| 2010s | 4,935 | #339 (2010) | #818 |
| 2020s | 560 | #1,681 (2024) | #2,078 |
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.
Caitlin in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 6,900 of them was named Caitlin, which outranked 93.8% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).