Baby name

Kaitlyn

Girl

Origin of the name

Kaitlyn is a form of Caitlin, the Irish form of Catherine.

Short-lived name

2000 was its best year: 8,759 births, or 1 baby in 431. Since then, the name has fallen 95%, to about 453 births a year. In 2025, it ranked No. 799. 41% of all babies named Kaitlyn since 1880 were born in the 1990s.

166,689births since 1880

2000sgeneration

No. 30rank at its peak, in 2000

Where babies named Kaitlyn are born

2000

Year shown on the map

Loading the map…

Tap a state to see its figures.

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

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Kaitlyn is most common in West Virginia (1.6 times), New Hampshire (1.4) and Delaware (1.4), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Kaitlin 57,355
Caitlyn 52,603
Katlyn 18,433
Kaitlynn 16,419
Kailyn 14,211
Kaytlyn 2,722

Names from the same era

Haley · Sydney · Destiny · Savannah · Mackenzie · Caroline

Born in…

Your birth year

Add your year to see.