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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202011peak #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—
1981#773211—
1980#1,053135—
1979#1,85757—
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 2011

  • 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: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedNHWashington: #936 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,035 girlsWAIdaho: #313 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,023 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #826 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,782 girlsMNIllinois: #557 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,831 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedWIMichigan: #799 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,602 girlsMINew York: #593 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 3,092 girlsNYMassachusetts: #534 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,838 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedORNevada: 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: #652 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,372 girlsINOhio: #562 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 3,035 girlsOHPennsylvania: #744 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,401 girlsPANew Jersey: #741 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,106 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #906 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 5,611 girlsCAUtah: #721 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,590 girlsUTColorado: #671 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,199 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedNEMissouri: #650 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,381 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedWVVirginia: #897 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,151 girlsVAMaryland: #609 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,997 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedDEArizona: #1,090 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,102 girlsAZNew 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: #1,150 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,359 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #725 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,274 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedLAMississippi: #475 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,855 girlsMSAlabama: #573 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,668 girlsALGeorgia: #693 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,408 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kaitlin, so not publishedHITexas: #780 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 4,454 girlsTXFlorida: #1,139 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 7,229 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Idaho#313 · 1 in 1,023
  2. Mississippi#475 · 1 in 1,855
  3. Massachusetts#534 · 1 in 2,838
  4. Illinois#557 · 1 in 2,831
  5. Ohio#562 · 1 in 3,035

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Idaho#31361 in 1,023
Mississippi#47561 in 1,855
Massachusetts#53491 in 2,838
Illinois#557211 in 2,831
Ohio#562171 in 3,035
Alabama#57371 in 2,668
New York#593301 in 3,092
Maryland#60981 in 2,997
Missouri#65081 in 3,381
Indiana#65291 in 3,372
Colorado#67171 in 3,199
Georgia#693141 in 3,408
Utah#72151 in 3,590
Oklahoma#72551 in 3,274
New Jersey#74191 in 4,106
Pennsylvania#744121 in 4,401
Texas#780351 in 4,454
Michigan#79991 in 4,602
Minnesota#82651 in 4,782
Virginia#89771 in 5,151
California#906371 in 5,611
Washington#93661 in 5,035
Arizona#1,09051 in 6,102
Florida#1,139111 in 7,229
North Carolina#1,15061 in 7,359
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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 2011

girls
#790
342 births · 1 in 5,143 girls

Top girls' names in 2011

  1. #1Sophia21,863
  2. #2Isabella19,931
  3. #3Emma18,825
  4. #4Olivia17,335
  5. #5Ava15,518
  6. #6Emily14,277
  7. #7Abigail13,266
  8. #8Madison12,406
  9. #9Mia11,543
  10. #10Chloe11,007
  11. #790Kaitlin342
More about 2011

girls

1,759,066 girls got a published name in 2011; 1 in 5,143 of them was named Kaitlin, which outranked 96.0% of the 19,590 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kaitlin
  1. #784Nathaly346
  2. #788Jordynn345
  3. #789Samiyah343
  4. #790Kaitlin342
  5. #790Addilyn342
  6. #790Hadassah342
  7. #790Myra342
  8. #794Jazmyn341
  9. #794Kaiya341
  10. #794Kyndall341

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2010
Risers
  1. ↑ 814Milania#1,629 → #815
  2. ↑ 554Alianna#1,529 → #975
  3. ↑ 444Hattie#1,438 → #994
  4. ↑ 419Aviana#1,185 → #766
  5. ↑ 414Avianna#1,249 → #835
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,131Allisson#796 → #1,927
  2. ↓ 350Shaniya#565 → #915
  3. ↓ 346Brisa#464 → #810
  4. ↓ 335Alexus#976 → #1,311
  5. ↓ 273Abigale#909 → #1,182

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

See the top 100 for 2011 →