Kaitlynn

Where Kaitlynn comes from

A variant of Caitlin with -lynn.
— Wiktionary's entry for Kaitlynn
  • Irish
Along the way
  1. 1982
    First appearance
    #10,517 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1998
    Peak, #356
    809 babies named Kaitlynn — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2010
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #715.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Irish, one of the modern spelling variants of Caitlin.
Namesakes

No widely known Kaitlynn turns up in the encyclopedias yet — the name is still all theirs to make famous.

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.