Kaitlyn

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Kaitlyn first appears in the U.S. data in 1971 and has been recorded in 51 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2000 with 8,759 babies (rank #30 that year). In 2024 it was given to 450 girls (rank #652). The name has been declining over the last five years.
166,573
Total babies (all years)
51
Years in the data
8,759
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19715#8,874
19757#7,502
19767#7,637
197714#4,765
197815#4,534
197929#2,960
198066#1,714
198192#1,356
1982138#1,047
1983274#632
1984449#466
1985879#284
19861,207#219
19871,706#163
19882,688#106
19893,392#95
19904,312#78
19914,407#82
19927,480#42
19936,956#46
19946,686#48
19957,385#42
19967,241#40
19977,005#41
19987,936#35
19998,157#33
20008,759#30
20018,164#31
20027,981#32
20037,547#32
20046,988#33
20056,521#34
20066,074#41
20075,551#44
20085,117#53
20094,207#67
20103,301#90
20112,908#100
20122,601#118
20132,379#134
20142,060#160
20151,662#197
2016998#330
2017938#346
2018805#386
2019701#444
2020624#488
2021520#583
2022470#629
2023482#620
2024450#652