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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | |
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1990
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Vermont#26 · 1 in 92
- New Hampshire#27 · 1 in 128
- Montana#28 · 1 in 115
- Delaware#29 · 1 in 103
- Colorado#32 · 1 in 162
Best ever in a state: #21 in New Hampshire, 1988.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | #26 | 29 | 1 in 92 |
| New Hampshire | #27 | 52 | 1 in 128 |
| Montana | #28 | 29 | 1 in 115 |
| Delaware | #29 | 36 | 1 in 103 |
| Colorado | #32 | 128 | 1 in 162 |
| Pennsylvania | #33 | 418 | 1 in 174 |
| New Jersey | #34 | 275 | 1 in 174 |
| Maryland | #35 | 168 | 1 in 169 |
| Massachusetts | #35 | 235 | 1 in 165 |
| Washington | #35 | 180 | 1 in 172 |
| Virginia | #36 | 224 | 1 in 169 |
| Hawaii | #37 | 30 | 1 in 182 |
| New York | #38 | 577 | 1 in 212 |
| South Dakota | #38 | 26 | 1 in 141 |
| Connecticut | #39 | 111 | 1 in 172 |
| Rhode Island | #39 | 39 | 1 in 142 |
| Florida | #40 | 361 | 1 in 219 |
| District of Columbia | #41 | 28 | 1 in 166 |
| Tennessee | #41 | 150 | 1 in 201 |
| Illinois | #42 | 358 | 1 in 219 |
| Kansas | #42 | 80 | 1 in 174 |
| Maine | #43 | 37 | 1 in 171 |
| Ohio | #44 | 328 | 1 in 216 |
| North Dakota | #45 | 23 | 1 in 155 |
| Minnesota | #46 | 143 | 1 in 195 |
| Wisconsin | #47 | 144 | 1 in 204 |
| Missouri | #50 | 157 | 1 in 209 |
| Oklahoma | #50 | 76 | 1 in 230 |
| Arizona | #51 | 105 | 1 in 250 |
| Nebraska | #52 | 47 | 1 in 195 |
| Utah | #52 | 60 | 1 in 226 |
| Alaska | #53 | 17 | 1 in 202 |
| Oregon | #53 | 70 | 1 in 240 |
| South Carolina | #55 | 75 | 1 in 267 |
| Idaho | #56 | 25 | 1 in 214 |
| Wyoming | #57 | 10 | 1 in 168 |
| Alabama | #58 | 77 | 1 in 292 |
| Michigan | #58 | 239 | 1 in 261 |
| North Carolina | #58 | 147 | 1 in 278 |
| Kentucky | #60 | 80 | 1 in 266 |
| West Virginia | #60 | 37 | 1 in 237 |
| Iowa | #61 | 63 | 1 in 254 |
| Georgia | #62 | 131 | 1 in 326 |
| Indiana | #62 | 137 | 1 in 257 |
| New Mexico | #64 | 35 | 1 in 265 |
| Louisiana | #65 | 83 | 1 in 306 |
| Nevada | #71 | 23 | 1 in 300 |
| Arkansas | #75 | 36 | 1 in 351 |
| California | #79 | 703 | 1 in 373 |
| Texas | #81 | 350 | 1 in 393 |
| Mississippi | #91 | 34 | 1 in 405 |
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 1990
Top girls' names in 1990
Top boys' names in 1990
More about 1990
girls
1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 270 of them was named Caitlin, which outranked 99.7% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 102,702 of them was named Caitlin, which outranked 67.8% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,952Ulyses21
- #2,952Yang21
- #2,952Zebulun21
- #3,058Caitlin20
- #3,058Abigail20
- #3,058Adem20
- #3,058Alvis20
- #3,166Adel19
- #3,166Ahkeem19
- #3,166Alban19
Tied with 107 names at #3,058; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.