Recorded 1971–2025 · United States
Kaitlyn was most popular in 2000, when 8,771 American babies were given the name — ranking #75 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,545, with 340 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 166,921 people named Kaitlyn.
Kaitlyn first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1971, which makes it about 54 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 52 of the 55 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 166,921 American births named Kaitlyn between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 164,742 are estimated to be alive today.
340 American babies were named Kaitlyn in 2025, ranking #1,545 that year.
Kaitlyn is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 453 births a year, against 2,322 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -80% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Kaitlyn is a girl’s name — 99.9% of the 166,921 Americans given it were girls and 0.1% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 164,742 Americans named Kaitlyn are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 26 years old, and half are between 20 and 31. That is a narrow band: Kaitlyn arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Irish · form of Caitlin, itself from Katherine
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org