Kaitlin
- #4,067 for girls in 2025, 35 births
- Last seen for boys in 2004 at #11,356
- Given to girls 99.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1994 · 3,501 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 6 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 57,355since 1971
Kaitlin over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,067 | 35 | — | |
| 2024 | #4,893 | 27 | — | |
| 2023 | #4,191 | 34 | — | |
| 2022 | #5,465 | 23 | — | |
| 2021 | #4,090 | 35 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,281 | 47 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,593 | 67 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,647 | 65 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,635 | 66 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,321 | 81 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,329 | 178 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,032 | 251 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,005 | 248 | — | |
| 2012 | #837 | 319 | — | |
| 2011 | #790 | 342 | — | |
| 2010 | #662 | 441 | — | |
| 2009 | #576 | 531 | — | |
| 2008 | #473 | 673 | — | |
| 2007 | #420 | 781 | — | |
| 2006 | #344 | 957 | — | |
| 2005 | #321 | 1,003 | — | |
| 2004 | #297 | 1,101 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #264 | 1,191 | — | |
| 2002 | #219 | 1,456 | — | |
| 2001 | #180 | 1,821 | — | |
| 2000 | #158 | 2,136 | — | |
| 1999 | #155 | 2,085 | — | |
| 1998 | #120 | 2,702 | — | |
| 1997 | #119 | 2,667 | — | |
| 1996 | #103 | 3,136 | — | |
| 1995 | #94 | 3,602 | #5,501 | 10 |
| 1994 | #93 | 3,501 | — | |
| 1993 | #99 | 3,226 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #113 | 2,943 | — | |
| 1991 | #99 | 3,486 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #101 | 3,472 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #100 | 3,171 | #4,527 | 11 |
| 1988 | #98 | 2,841 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #141 | 1,959 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #182 | 1,466 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #208 | 1,236 | — | |
| 1984 | #339 | 682 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #427 | 506 | — | |
| 1982 | #695 | 253 | — | |
| 1981 | #773 | 211 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,053 | 135 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,857 | 57 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,516 | 34 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,267 | 23 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,963 | 16 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,774 | 17 | — | |
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| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | — | |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | — | |
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First appearance
1971
The first year at least five girls were named Kaitlin! It came in at #6,619, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1973–1974, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kaitlin is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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| Texas | #2,921 | 6 | 1 in 26,757 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 826 spots since 2024 (#4,893 → #4,067)
- 786 spots since 2020 (#3,281 → #4,067)
- Biggest jump: 280 spots in 1981
- Biggest drop: 168 spots in 2013
Rise & fade · girls
23 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1994 at #93 (3,501 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 6 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 6 yrs · run 1993–1995
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1981–2012
Share of babies · girls
1 in 488
- Highest: 1 in 488 girls born in 1995 were named Kaitlin (0.20%)
- Latest: 1 in 45,922 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #93 in 1994, was only 1 in 510 (0.20%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 53.7% of all girls named Kaitlin (30,820) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1970s | 166 | #1,857 (1979) | #4,622 |
| 1980s | 12,460 | #98 (1988) | #402 |
| 1990s | 30,820 | #93 (1994) | #110 |
| 2000s | 11,650 | #158 (2000) | #325 |
| 2010s | 2,058 | #662 (2010) | #1,585 |
| 2020s | 201 | #3,281 (2020) | #4,331 |
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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