Baby name

Caitlyn

Girl

Short-lived name

Caitlyn peaked in 1998, when 1 baby in 1,252 was given the name. Since then, the name has fallen 97%, to about 100 births a year. In 2025, it ranked No. 2485. 42% of all babies named Caitlyn since 1880 were born in the 1990s.

52,603births since 1880

1990sgeneration

No. 115rank at its peak, in 1998

Where babies named Caitlyn are born

1998

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The darker the blue, the more common Caitlyn is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Caitlyn is most common in Delaware (1.8 times), Rhode Island (1.8) and New Hampshire (1.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Kaitlyn 166,689
Caitlin 112,143
Cailyn 5,549
Caitlynn 4,947
Caitlan 1,047

Names from the same era

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