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
- 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
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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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 1988
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Connecticut#55 · 1 in 253
- Rhode Island#64 · 1 in 247
- Wisconsin#65 · 1 in 315
- Oregon#67 · 1 in 296
- New Hampshire#68 · 1 in 246
Best ever in a state: #47 in North Dakota, 1993.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | #55 | 74 | 1 in 253 |
| Rhode Island | #64 | 21 | 1 in 247 |
| Wisconsin | #65 | 91 | 1 in 315 |
| Oregon | #67 | 53 | 1 in 296 |
| New Hampshire | #68 | 27 | 1 in 246 |
| New Jersey | #68 | 147 | 1 in 308 |
| Pennsylvania | #73 | 189 | 1 in 370 |
| Vermont | #78 | 9 | 1 in 291 |
| New York | #80 | 263 | 1 in 434 |
| Washington | #83 | 67 | 1 in 417 |
| Michigan | #86 | 130 | 1 in 442 |
| Massachusetts | #88 | 88 | 1 in 423 |
| Ohio | #89 | 145 | 1 in 473 |
| Illinois | #91 | 154 | 1 in 479 |
| Colorado | #92 | 49 | 1 in 426 |
| Iowa | #92 | 36 | 1 in 435 |
| Minnesota | #93 | 60 | 1 in 460 |
| Kansas | #94 | 32 | 1 in 447 |
| Maryland | #94 | 53 | 1 in 490 |
| Indiana | #98 | 67 | 1 in 506 |
| Idaho | #99 | 12 | 1 in 436 |
| Maine | #103 | 14 | 1 in 438 |
| District of Columbia | #108 | 13 | 1 in 476 |
| Missouri | #109 | 52 | 1 in 609 |
| Florida | #111 | 111 | 1 in 657 |
| Virginia | #115 | 57 | 1 in 629 |
| West Virginia | #117 | 16 | 1 in 541 |
| Utah | #118 | 24 | 1 in 566 |
| Delaware | #122 | 6 | 1 in 584 |
| Nevada | #127 | 10 | 1 in 566 |
| Arkansas | #130 | 18 | 1 in 687 |
| Arizona | #132 | 36 | 1 in 700 |
| Kentucky | #132 | 29 | 1 in 705 |
| California | #139 | 296 | 1 in 772 |
| New Mexico | #143 | 14 | 1 in 666 |
| Tennessee | #145 | 37 | 1 in 782 |
| Nebraska | #146 | 13 | 1 in 696 |
| Alabama | #151 | 26 | 1 in 831 |
| South Carolina | #151 | 23 | 1 in 815 |
| Oklahoma | #156 | 21 | 1 in 829 |
| Montana | #158 | 6 | 1 in 588 |
| South Dakota | #161 | 5 | 1 in 745 |
| North Carolina | #162 | 40 | 1 in 958 |
| Georgia | #170 | 41 | 1 in 979 |
| North Dakota | #171 | 5 | 1 in 815 |
| Alaska | #172 | 5 | 1 in 654 |
| Louisiana | #189 | 25 | 1 in 1,053 |
| Texas | #202 | 112 | 1 in 1,145 |
| Hawaii | #257 | 5 | 1 in 995 |
| Mississippi | #263 | 10 | 1 in 1,346 |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1994 at #93 (3,501 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 6 yrs · run 1993–1995
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1981–2012
- 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
- 53.7% of all girls named Kaitlin (30,820) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
Kaitlin in 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 627 of them was named Kaitlin, which outranked 99.3% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 191,428 of them was named Kaitlin, which outranked 47.6% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,162Zenon11
- #4,162Zephaniah11
- #4,162Zvi11
- #4,450Kaitlin10
- #4,450Abigail10
- #4,450Adem10
- #4,450Adham10
- #4,786Abdulla9
- #4,786Abid9
- #4,786Abu9
Tied with 335 names at #4,450; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.