Katelyn

Where Katelyn comes from

The dictionaries list Katelyn as a given name — a female given name from Irish, variant of Caitlin — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Irish
Along the way
  1. 1970
    First appearance
    #5,413 among girls, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1989
    Katelyn Tarver born
    American actress and singer-songwriter
  3. 1999
    Katelyn Nacon born
    American actress
  4. 2001
    Peak, #52
    5,441 babies named Katelyn — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2012
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #132.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Irish, variant of Caitlin.
Namesakes
  • Katelyn Nacon · American actress, born 1999
  • Katelyn Tarver · American actress and singer-songwriter, born 1989
  • Katelyn Ohashi · artistic gymnast, born 1997
  • Katelyn Rowland · American soccer player, born 1994
  • Katelyn Pippy · American actress, born 1993

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.