Caitlyn

Where Caitlyn comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Caitlyn.

  • Irish
Caitlyn through the years
  1. 1949
    Caitlyn Jenner born
    American media personality and retired decathlete
  2. 1968
    First appearance
    #7,016 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1994
    Caitlyn Taylor Love born
    American actress and singer
  4. 1998
    Peak, #115
    2,937 babies named Caitlyn, the most in any year.
  5. 2009
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #256.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Irish, one of the modern spelling variants of Caitlin.
Namesakes
  • Caitlyn Jenner · American media personality and retired decathlete, born 1949
  • Caitlyn Taylor Love · American actress and singer, born 1994
  • Caitlyn Smith · American singer-songwriter, born 1986
  • Caitlyn Folley · American actress, born 1987
  • Caitlyn Shadbolt · Australian singer, born 1995

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.