Catelyn
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293
- Peak · girls
- 2000 · 91 births
- Debut · girls
- 24 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,294since 1985
Catelyn over time
Rank among girls' names. Catelyn has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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 | — | |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 |
| 2020 | #7,969 | 13 |
| 2019 | #7,342 | 15 |
| 2018 | #5,619 | 22 |
| 2017 | #4,695 | 29 |
| 2016 | #4,990 | 27 |
| 2015 | #3,346 | 48 |
| 2014 | #3,112 | 53 |
| 2013 | #3,123 | 52 |
| 2012 | #2,401 | 77 |
| 2011 | #2,216 | 85 |
| 2010 | #2,118 | 93 |
| 2009 | #2,338 | 83 |
| 2008 | #2,122 | 95 |
| 2007 | #2,034 | 100 |
| 2006 | #1,878 | 108 |
| 2005 | #1,911 | 101 |
| 2004 | #1,883 | 100 |
| 2003 | #1,985 | 91 |
| 2002 | #2,158 | 77 |
| 2001 | #2,236 | 72 |
| 2000 | #1,869 | 91 |
| 1999 | #2,222 | 67 |
| 1998 | #1,899 | 80 |
| 1997 | #1,945 | 74 |
| 1996 | #2,014 | 69 |
| 1995 | #2,083 | 65 |
| 1994 | #2,209 | 60 |
| 1993 | #2,012 | 69 |
| 1992 | #1,908 | 73 |
| 1991 | #2,320 | 55 |
| 1990 | #2,402 | 51 |
| 1989 | #1,998 | 63 |
| 1988 | #2,489 | 43 |
| 1987 | #3,424 | 26 |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 |
| 1985 | #3,517 | 24 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Catelyn! It came in at #3,517, and was given to 24 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2023–2025, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Catelyn is popular in 1997
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#1,935 · 1 in 22,285
- Texas#2,293 · 1 in 27,978
Best ever in a state: #514 in Alabama, 2005.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| California | #1,935 | 10 | 1 in 22,285 |
| Texas | #2,293 | 5 | 1 in 27,978 |
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See more about Catelyn
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Debuted 1985
- Peaked 2000 at #1,869 (91 births)
- Births halved by 2016, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 17,604 girls born in 2006 were named Catelyn (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 324,038 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,869 in 2000, was only 1 in 19,956 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 40.0% of all girls named Catelyn (918) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 172 | #1,998 (1989) | #3,230 |
| 1990s | 663 | #1,899 (1998) | #2,101 |
| 2000s | 918 | #1,869 (2000) | #2,041 |
| 2010s | 501 | #2,118 (2010) | #3,896 |
| 2020s | 40 | #7,969 (2020) | #10,352 |
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.
Catelyn in 1997
Top girls' names in 1997
More about 1997
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1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 23,523 of them was named Catelyn, which outranked 88.0% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,927Samone75
- #1,927Shaylynn75
- #1,927Tyasia75
- #1,945Catelyn74
- #1,945Briann74
- #1,945Cady74
- #1,945Desteny74
- #1,964Adria73
- #1,964Allana73
- #1,964Angelita73
Tied with 18 names at #1,945; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.