Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Caitlin

#345 most common girls' name of all time · #637 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · used 1955–2025

Rank among girls
#345
Rank overall
#637 of 105,966
First appeared
1955
Years on the list
71 of 146
All-time
112,426
Since 2016
1,247
Peak year
1988 #44
Best rank
#44 1988
Girls Boys peak 7,274/yr
1960198020002020

Caitlin first appears in 1955. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 78 — 78 #2,337
2024 121 — 121 #1,688
2023 80 — 80 #2,301
2022 86 — 86 #2,201
2021 85 — 85 #2,196
2020 110 — 110 #1,798
2019 142 — 142 #1,524
2018 166 — 166 #1,362
2017 161 — 161 #1,421
2016 218 — 218 #1,156
2015 477 — 477 #611
2014 628 — 628 #497
2013 654 — 654 #469
2012 741 — 741 #424
2011 803 — 803 #393
2010 945 — 945 #339
2009 1,216 — 1,216 #267
2008 1,459 — 1,459 #235
2007 1,530 — 1,530 #230
2006 1,653 — 1,653 #209
2005 1,778 — 1,778 #193
2004 2,050 12 2,062 #161
2003 2,311 — 2,311 #143
2002 2,743 — 2,743 #123
2001 3,456 — 3,456 #89
2000 4,102 5 4,107 #76
1999 3,461 6 3,467 #93
1998 4,175 6 4,181 #78
1997 3,862 7 3,869 #88
1996 4,268 8 4,276 #84
1995 4,384 13 4,397 #81
1994 4,654 6 4,660 #78
1993 5,428 5 5,433 #64
1992 5,391 12 5,403 #62
1991 6,384 12 6,396 #55
1990 7,026 20 7,046 #50
1989 7,025 44 7,069 #49
1988 7,246 28 7,274 #44
1987 4,989 26 5,015 #63
1986 3,881 16 3,897 #69
1985 3,593 14 3,607 #77
1984 2,343 21 2,364 #118
1983 1,885 8 1,893 #153
1982 1,192 8 1,200 #219
1981 784 6 790 #310
1980 646 — 646 #365
1979 254 — 254 #678
1978 222 — 222 #713
1977 172 — 172 #856
1976 133 — 133 #962
1975 94 — 94 #1,225
1974 80 — 80 #1,332
1973 68 — 68 #1,443
1972 77 — 77 #1,323
1971 77 — 77 #1,386
1970 100 — 100 #1,166
1969 93 — 93 #1,161
1968 77 — 77 #1,255
1967 61 — 61 #1,427
1966 51 — 51 #1,585
1965 34 — 34 #2,028
1964 24 — 24 #2,595
1963 25 — 25 #2,484
1962 14 — 14 #3,579
1961 16 — 16 #3,314
1960 15 — 15 #3,345
1959 8 — 8 #4,988
1958 7 — 7 #5,340
1957 13 — 13 #3,486
1956 13 — 13 #3,489
1955 5 — 5 #6,605