Katelynn
- #2,719 for girls in 2025, 63 births
- Last seen for boys in 1999 at #9,912
- Given to girls >99.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1998 · 1,457 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 30,680since 1979
Katelynn over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Katelynn has never cracked the top 200 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #2,719 | 63 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,282 | 81 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,517 | 70 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,510 | 71 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,926 | 102 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,468 | 146 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,274 | 182 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,237 | 188 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,257 | 188 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,049 | 249 | — | |
| 2015 | #652 | 441 | — | |
| 2014 | #566 | 542 | — | |
| 2013 | #487 | 619 | — | |
| 2012 | #427 | 737 | — | |
| 2011 | #380 | 839 | — | |
| 2010 | #312 | 1,028 | — | |
| 2009 | #317 | 1,031 | — | |
| 2008 | #293 | 1,138 | — | |
| 2007 | #283 | 1,206 | — | |
| 2006 | #271 | 1,217 | — | |
| 2005 | #294 | 1,113 | — | |
| 2004 | #255 | 1,269 | — | |
| 2003 | #257 | 1,273 | — | |
| 2002 | #250 | 1,271 | — | |
| 2001 | #248 | 1,293 | — | |
| 2000 | #229 | 1,388 | — | |
| 1999 | #234 | 1,364 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #210 | 1,457 | — | |
| 1997 | #235 | 1,281 | — | |
| 1996 | #224 | 1,284 | — | |
| 1995 | #228 | 1,238 | — | |
| 1994 | #262 | 1,066 | — | |
| 1993 | #235 | 1,194 | — | |
| 1992 | #300 | 927 | — | |
| 1991 | #331 | 800 | — | |
| 1990 | #378 | 695 | — | |
| 1989 | #448 | 543 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #518 | 427 | — | |
| 1987 | #741 | 244 | — | |
| 1986 | #879 | 188 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,269 | 106 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,837 | 58 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,975 | 28 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | — | |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | — | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1979
The first year at least five girls were named Katelynn! It came in at #10,210, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1979, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Katelynn is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Missouri#811 · 1 in 4,050
- Texas#1,790 · 1 in 13,379
- Florida#1,887 · 1 in 14,460
- California#2,767 · 1 in 26,954
Best ever in a state: #57 in Wyoming, 1997.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Missouri | #811 | 6 | 1 in 4,050 |
| Texas | #1,790 | 12 | 1 in 13,379 |
| Florida | #1,887 | 6 | 1 in 14,460 |
| California | #2,767 | 6 | 1 in 26,954 |
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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 Katelynn
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 1,251 spots since 2020 (#1,468 → #2,719)
- Biggest jump: 390 spots in 1986
- Biggest drop: 397 spots in 2016
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1979
- Peaked 1998 at #210 (1,457 births)
- Births halved by 2013, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 30 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 30 yrs · run 1986–2015
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,213
- Highest: 1 in 1,213 girls born in 1998 were named Katelynn (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 25,512 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 39.8% of all girls named Katelynn (12,199) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 | #10,210 (1979) | #10,210 |
| 1980s | 1,624 | #448 (1989) | #2,810 |
| 1990s | 11,306 | #210 (1998) | #264 |
| 2000s | 12,199 | #229 (2000) | #270 |
| 2010s | 5,013 | #312 (2010) | #764 |
| 2020s | 533 | #1,468 (2020) | #2,237 |
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.
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