Caitlynn
- #8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births
- Peak · girls
- 1998 · 297 births
- Debut · girls
- 19 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,947since 1985
Caitlynn over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Caitlynn has never cracked the top 700 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,860 | 11 |
| 2024 | #7,594 | 14 |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 |
| 2020 | #4,453 | 30 |
| 2019 | #5,798 | 21 |
| 2018 | #4,144 | 34 |
| 2017 | #3,697 | 41 |
| 2016 | #3,523 | 44 |
| 2015 | #2,555 | 70 |
| 2014 | #2,267 | 82 |
| 2013 | #1,977 | 99 |
| 2012 | #1,719 | 120 |
| 2011 | #1,540 | 142 |
| 2010 | #1,342 | 175 |
| 2009 | #1,342 | 178 |
| 2008 | #1,368 | 176 |
| 2007 | #1,340 | 181 |
| 2006 | #1,366 | 168 |
| 2005 | #1,222 | 186 |
| 2004 | #1,107 | 206 |
| 2003 | #1,038 | 220 |
| 2002 | #1,002 | 219 |
| 2001 | #923 | 242 |
| 2000 | #821 | 274 |
| 1999 | #852 | 254 |
| 1998 | #734 | 297 |
| 1997 | #888 | 228 |
| 1996 | #975 | 195 |
| 1995 | #1,107 | 160 |
| 1994 | #985 | 188 |
| 1993 | #1,157 | 153 |
| 1992 | #1,188 | 147 |
| 1991 | #1,609 | 94 |
| 1990 | #1,847 | 77 |
| 1989 | #1,629 | 85 |
| 1988 | #2,447 | 44 |
| 1987 | #3,624 | 24 |
| 1986 | #4,186 | 19 |
| 1985 | #4,126 | 19 |
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First appearance
1985
The first year at least five girls were named Caitlynn! It came in at #4,126, and was given to 19 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2023, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
Where Caitlynn is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Caitlynn in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 4,407 spots since 2020 (#4,453 → #8,860)
- Biggest jump: 172 spots in 1994
- Biggest drop: 122 spots in 1995
Rise & fade · girls
13 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1985
- Peaked 1998 at #734 (297 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1996–2001
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,949
- Highest: 1 in 5,949 girls born in 1998 were named Caitlynn (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 146,115 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 41.4% of all girls named Caitlynn (2,050) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 191 | #1,629 (1989) | #3,202 |
| 1990s | 1,793 | #734 (1998) | #1,134 |
| 2000s | 2,050 | #821 (2000) | #1,153 |
| 2010s | 828 | #1,342 (2010) | #2,856 |
| 2020s | 85 | #4,453 (2020) | #8,450 |
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.
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