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

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Peak · girls
1994 · 3,501 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
6 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
57,355
since 1971

Kaitlin over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201983peak #93, 1994girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#4,06735—
2024#4,89327—
2023#4,19134—
2022#5,46523—
2021#4,09035—
2020#3,28147—
2019#2,59367—
2018#2,64765—
2017#2,63566—
2016#2,32181—
2015#1,329178—
2014#1,032251—
2013#1,005248—
2012#837319—
2011#790342—
2010#662441—
2009#576531—
2008#473673—
2007#420781—
2006#344957—
2005#3211,003—
2004#2971,101#11,3565
2003#2641,191—
2002#2191,456—
2001#1801,821—
2000#1582,136—
1999#1552,085—
1998#1202,702—
1997#1192,667—
1996#1033,136—
1995#943,602#5,50110
1994#933,501—
1993#993,226#8,7005
1992#1132,943—
1991#993,486#6,5197
1990#1013,472#4,99310
1989#1003,171#4,52711
1988#982,841#4,45010
1987#1411,959#6,0896
1986#1821,466#5,9266
1985#2081,236—
1984#339682#6,3155
1983#427506—
1982#695253—
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1980#1,053135—
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1978#2,51634—
1977#3,26723—
1976#3,96316—
1975#3,77417—
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1973#8,4235—
1972#6,5587—
1971#6,6197—
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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 1983

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #140 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 657 girlsNHWashington: #331 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,098 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #299 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,330 girlsMNIllinois: #673 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 6,065 girlsILWisconsin: #291 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,345 girlsWIMichigan: #277 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,973 girlsMINew York: #258 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 1,558 girlsNYMassachusetts: #85 for girls · 81 births · 1 in 405 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedRIOregon: #405 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,662 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedIAIndiana: #403 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,380 girlsINOhio: #480 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 4,591 girlsOHPennsylvania: #266 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 1,788 girlsPANew Jersey: #229 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,416 girlsNJConnecticut: #145 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 753 girlsCTCalifornia: #494 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 3,293 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedUTColorado: #377 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,423 girlsCONebraska: #308 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,063 girlsNEMissouri: #462 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,990 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedWVVirginia: #418 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,420 girlsVAMaryland: #384 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,816 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #706 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,674 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedHITexas: #1,597 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 21,382 girlsTXFlorida: #1,091 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 11,771 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Massachusetts#85 · 1 in 405
  2. New Hampshire#140 · 1 in 657
  3. Connecticut#145 · 1 in 753
  4. New Jersey#229 · 1 in 1,416
  5. New York#258 · 1 in 1,558

Best ever in a state: #47 in North Dakota, 1993.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Massachusetts#85811 in 405
New Hampshire#14081 in 657
Connecticut#145211 in 753
New Jersey#229271 in 1,416
New York#258661 in 1,558
Pennsylvania#266381 in 1,788
Michigan#277281 in 1,973
Wisconsin#291131 in 2,345
Minnesota#299121 in 2,330
Nebraska#30851 in 2,063
Washington#331131 in 2,098
Colorado#37791 in 2,423
Maryland#38481 in 2,816
Indiana#403101 in 3,380
Oregon#40561 in 2,662
Virginia#41891 in 3,420
Missouri#46281 in 3,990
Ohio#480151 in 4,591
California#494571 in 3,293
Illinois#673121 in 6,065
North Carolina#70651 in 6,674
Florida#1,09151 in 11,771
Texas#1,59761 in 21,382
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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.

See more about Kaitlin
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 826 spots since 2024 (#4,893 → #4,067)
  • 786 spots since 2020 (#3,281 → #4,067)
  • 2,738 spots since 2015 (#1,329 → #4,067)
  • Biggest jump: 280 spots in 1981 (#1,053 → #773)
  • Biggest drop: 168 spots in 2013 (#837 → #1,005)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s166#1,857 (1979)#4,622
1980s12,460#98 (1988)#402
1990s30,820#93 (1994)#110
2000s11,650#158 (2000)#325
2010s2,058#662 (2010)#1,585
2020s201#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.

Kaitlin in 1983

girls
#427
506 births · 1 in 3,302 girls

Top girls' names in 1983

  1. #1Jennifer54,353
  2. #2Jessica45,283
  3. #3Amanda33,749
  4. #4Ashley33,289
  5. #5Sarah27,228
  6. #6Melissa23,475
  7. #7Nicole22,400
  8. #8Stephanie22,329
  9. #9Heather20,747
  10. #10Elizabeth19,842
  11. #427Kaitlin506
More about 1983

girls

1,670,609 girls got a published name in 1983; 1 in 3,302 of them was named Kaitlin, which outranked 96.5% of the 12,074 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kaitlin
  1. #424Maribel510
  2. #424Terra510
  3. #426Alisa508
  4. #427Kaitlin506
  5. #428Shirley505
  6. #429Christen503
  7. #430Hope502
Biggest movers since 1982
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,772Ciji#7,469 → #697
  2. ↑ 6,751Kirby#7,469 → #718
  3. ↑ 2,656Dwan#3,530 → #874
  4. ↑ 1,888Mallory#2,220 → #332
  5. ↑ 987Marquita#1,099 → #112
Fallers
  1. ↓ 656Syreeta#717 → #1,373
  2. ↓ 572Jenilee#817 → #1,389
  3. ↓ 538Tenika#947 → #1,485
  4. ↓ 396Toccara#541 → #937
  5. ↓ 333Venus#950 → #1,283

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1983 →