Kaitlyn
#799 for girls in 2025, 340 births · Last seen for boys in 2009 at #12,491
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2000 · 8,759 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 23 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 166,689since 1971
Kaitlyn 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #799 | 340 | — | |
| 2024 | #647 | 453 | — | |
| 2023 | #618 | 483 | — | |
| 2022 | #628 | 470 | — | |
| 2021 | #583 | 520 | — | |
| 2020 | #488 | 624 | — | |
| 2019 | #443 | 701 | — | |
| 2018 | #386 | 805 | — | |
| 2017 | #345 | 938 | — | |
| 2016 | #329 | 999 | — | |
| 2015 | #197 | 1,663 | — | |
| 2014 | #160 | 2,060 | — | |
| 2013 | #134 | 2,379 | — | |
| 2012 | #118 | 2,601 | — | |
| 2011 | #100 | 2,908 | — | |
| 2010 | #89 | 3,303 | — | |
| 2009 | #67 | 4,207 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #53 | 5,117 | #8,324 | 9 |
| 2007 | #44 | 5,551 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | #41 | 6,074 | #6,904 | 11 |
| 2005 | #34 | 6,521 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #33 | 6,988 | #2,887 | 35 |
| 2003 | #32 | 7,547 | #6,258 | 11 |
| 2002 | #32 | 7,981 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #31 | 8,164 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #30 | 8,759 | #5,588 | 12 |
| 1999 | #33 | 8,158 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #35 | 7,937 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | #41 | 7,005 | #5,642 | 10 |
| 1996 | #40 | 7,241 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #42 | 7,385 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #48 | 6,686 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #46 | 6,956 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #42 | 7,480 | #4,114 | 14 |
| 1991 | #82 | 4,407 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #78 | 4,312 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #95 | 3,392 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #106 | 2,688 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #163 | 1,706 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #219 | 1,207 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #284 | 879 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #465 | 449 | — | |
| 1983 | #630 | 274 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,045 | 138 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,354 | 92 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,720 | 65 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,931 | 29 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,459 | 15 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 | — | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | — | |
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| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kaitlyn! It came in at #8,324, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1971–1974, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kaitlyn 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.
- Rhode Island#41 · 1 in 153
- New Hampshire#53 · 1 in 201
- Vermont#55 · 1 in 175
- Pennsylvania#57 · 1 in 275
- New Jersey#59 · 1 in 271
Best ever in a state: #7 in West Virginia, 2001.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | #41 | 34 | 1 in 153 |
| New Hampshire | #53 | 33 | 1 in 201 |
| Vermont | #55 | 15 | 1 in 175 |
| Pennsylvania | #57 | 254 | 1 in 275 |
| New Jersey | #59 | 167 | 1 in 271 |
| Maine | #62 | 26 | 1 in 236 |
| Massachusetts | #62 | 149 | 1 in 250 |
| Wyoming | #66 | 8 | 1 in 231 |
| Connecticut | #67 | 62 | 1 in 302 |
| New York | #76 | 280 | 1 in 407 |
| Delaware | #91 | 9 | 1 in 389 |
| Alaska | #92 | 9 | 1 in 363 |
| Michigan | #94 | 119 | 1 in 483 |
| West Virginia | #94 | 20 | 1 in 433 |
| Iowa | #100 | 31 | 1 in 505 |
| Ohio | #100 | 127 | 1 in 540 |
| Illinois | #102 | 134 | 1 in 550 |
| Kansas | #103 | 28 | 1 in 511 |
| Maryland | #103 | 48 | 1 in 541 |
| Minnesota | #108 | 50 | 1 in 552 |
| Nebraska | #108 | 18 | 1 in 503 |
| Wisconsin | #108 | 51 | 1 in 562 |
| Oregon | #112 | 28 | 1 in 560 |
| Virginia | #115 | 57 | 1 in 629 |
| Colorado | #118 | 36 | 1 in 580 |
| Florida | #118 | 104 | 1 in 701 |
| Utah | #118 | 24 | 1 in 566 |
| Washington | #128 | 43 | 1 in 649 |
| Idaho | #129 | 9 | 1 in 581 |
| Indiana | #132 | 48 | 1 in 707 |
| Missouri | #139 | 41 | 1 in 772 |
| North Dakota | #144 | 6 | 1 in 679 |
| Arizona | #148 | 32 | 1 in 787 |
| South Carolina | #156 | 22 | 1 in 852 |
| Georgia | #161 | 43 | 1 in 933 |
| Louisiana | #164 | 30 | 1 in 877 |
| California | #165 | 240 | 1 in 952 |
| Kentucky | #167 | 22 | 1 in 930 |
| North Carolina | #182 | 36 | 1 in 1,065 |
| Tennessee | #204 | 23 | 1 in 1,258 |
| Oklahoma | #205 | 15 | 1 in 1,160 |
| District of Columbia | #209 | 7 | 1 in 885 |
| Arkansas | #212 | 10 | 1 in 1,236 |
| Hawaii | #219 | 6 | 1 in 829 |
| Nevada | #224 | 5 | 1 in 1,132 |
| Texas | #225 | 98 | 1 in 1,309 |
| Alabama | #248 | 15 | 1 in 1,441 |
| Mississippi | #318 | 8 | 1 in 1,683 |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
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 Kaitlyn
- 152 spots since 2024 (#647 → #799)
- 311 spots since 2020 (#488 → #799)
- 602 spots since 2015 (#197 → #799)
- Biggest jump: 415 spots in 1983 (#1,045 → #630)
- Biggest drop: 152 spots in 2025 (#647 → #799)
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 2000 at #30 (8,759 births)
- Births halved by 2009, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 23 yrs · run 1989–2011
- Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1983–2025
- Highest: 1 in 207 girls born in 2000 were named Kaitlyn (0.48%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,727 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 40.5% of all girls named Kaitlyn (67,567) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 76 | #2,931 (1979) | #5,949 |
| 1980s | 10,890 | #95 (1989) | #608 |
| 1990s | 67,567 | #33 (1999) | #49 |
| 2000s | 66,909 | #30 (2000) | #40 |
| 2010s | 18,357 | #89 (2010) | #230 |
| 2020s | 2,890 | #488 (2020) | #627 |
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.
Kaitlyn 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 663 of them was named Kaitlyn, which outranked 99.2% 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 Kaitlyn, 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
- #4,450Kaitlyn10
- #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.