Kaitlin

Where Kaitlin comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Kaitlin.

  • Irish
Kaitlin through the years
  1. 1971
    First appearance
    #6,619 among girls with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1975
    Kaitlin Olson born
    American actress
  3. 1984
    Kaitlin Doubleday born
    American actress
  4. 1994
    Peak, #93
    3,501 babies named Kaitlin, its best rank.
  5. 2002
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #219.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Irish, one of the modern spelling variants of Caitlin.
Namesakes
  • Kaitlin Olson · American actress, born 1975
  • Kaitlin Doubleday · American actress, born 1984
  • Kaitlin Sandeno · American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder, born 1983
  • Kaitlin Quevedo · Spanish tennis player, born 2006
  • Kaitlin Hawayek · American ice dancer, born 1996

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.