Kaitlyn
#242 most common girls' name of all time · #452 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1971–2025
Rank among girls
#242
Rank overall
#452 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
166,921
Since 2016
6,333
Peak year
2000 #30
Best rank
#30 2000
Girls
Boys
peak 8,771/yr
Kaitlyn first appears in 1971. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 340 | — | 340 | #803 |
| 2024 | 453 | — | 453 | #650 |
| 2023 | 483 | — | 483 | #619 |
| 2022 | 470 | — | 470 | #629 |
| 2021 | 520 | — | 520 | #583 |
| 2020 | 624 | — | 624 | #489 |
| 2019 | 701 | — | 701 | #445 |
| 2018 | 805 | — | 805 | #386 |
| 2017 | 938 | — | 938 | #346 |
| 2016 | 999 | — | 999 | #331 |
| 2015 | 1,663 | — | 1,663 | #197 |
| 2014 | 2,060 | — | 2,060 | #160 |
| 2013 | 2,379 | — | 2,379 | #134 |
| 2012 | 2,601 | — | 2,601 | #118 |
| 2011 | 2,908 | — | 2,908 | #100 |
| 2010 | 3,303 | — | 3,303 | #90 |
| 2009 | 4,207 | 5 | 4,212 | #67 |
| 2008 | 5,117 | 9 | 5,126 | #53 |
| 2007 | 5,551 | 9 | 5,560 | #44 |
| 2006 | 6,074 | 11 | 6,085 | #41 |
| 2005 | 6,521 | 5 | 6,526 | #34 |
| 2004 | 6,988 | 35 | 7,023 | #33 |
| 2003 | 7,547 | 11 | 7,558 | #32 |
| 2002 | 7,981 | 7 | 7,988 | #32 |
| 2001 | 8,164 | 8 | 8,172 | #31 |
| 2000 | 8,759 | 12 | 8,771 | #30 |
| 1999 | 8,158 | 10 | 8,168 | #33 |
| 1998 | 7,937 | 8 | 7,945 | #35 |
| 1997 | 7,005 | 10 | 7,015 | #41 |
| 1996 | 7,241 | 7 | 7,248 | #40 |
| 1995 | 7,385 | 8 | 7,393 | #42 |
| 1994 | 6,686 | 6 | 6,692 | #48 |
| 1993 | 6,956 | 6 | 6,962 | #46 |
| 1992 | 7,480 | 14 | 7,494 | #42 |
| 1991 | 4,407 | 7 | 4,414 | #82 |
| 1990 | 4,312 | 6 | 4,318 | #78 |
| 1989 | 3,392 | 9 | 3,401 | #95 |
| 1988 | 2,688 | 10 | 2,698 | #106 |
| 1987 | 1,706 | 5 | 1,711 | #163 |
| 1986 | 1,207 | 7 | 1,214 | #219 |
| 1985 | 879 | 7 | 886 | #284 |
| 1984 | 449 | — | 449 | #466 |
| 1983 | 274 | — | 274 | #633 |
| 1982 | 138 | — | 138 | #1,052 |
| 1981 | 92 | — | 92 | #1,361 |
| 1980 | 65 | — | 65 | #1,733 |
| 1979 | 29 | — | 29 | #2,991 |
| 1978 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,632 |
| 1977 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,891 |
| 1976 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,911 |
| 1975 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,789 |
| 1971 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,418 |