# Caitlin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/caitlin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Irish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkeɪtlɪn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Caity |
| Variant spellings | Caitlyn, Catelyn, Catelin, Kaitlin, Kaitlyn, Katelyn, Katelin, Katelynn, Kaitlynn, Caitlind, Kaytlynn |
| US babies named this | 112,426 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 283 / 112,143 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 28,964, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 803 | 393 |
| 2012 | 741 | 424 |
| 2013 | 654 | 468 |
| 2014 | 628 | 496 |
| 2015 | 477 | 610 |
| 2016 | 218 | 1,152 |
| 2017 | 161 | 1,418 |
| 2018 | 166 | 1,360 |
| 2019 | 142 | 1,524 |
| 2020 | 110 | 1,794 |
| 2021 | 85 | 2,190 |
| 2022 | 86 | 2,194 |
| 2023 | 80 | 2,290 |
| 2024 | 121 | 1,684 |
| 2025 | 78 | 2,333 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 26 | 2,222 |
| 1988 | 28 | 2,204 |
| 1989 | 44 | 1,737 |
| 1990 | 20 | 3,071 |
| 1991 | 12 | 4,523 |
| 1992 | 12 | 4,601 |
| 1993 | 5 | 8,891 |
| 1994 | 6 | 7,902 |
| 1995 | 13 | 4,547 |
| 1996 | 8 | 6,579 |
| 1997 | 7 | 7,387 |
| 1998 | 6 | 8,617 |
| 1999 | 6 | 8,851 |
| 2000 | 5 | 10,589 |
| 2004 | 12 | 6,195 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 708 | 86 |
| 2012 | 589 | 97 |
| 2013 | 478 | 114 |
| 2014 | 401 | 137 |
| 2015 | 340 | 160 |
| 2016 | 236 | 222 |
| 2017 | 176 | 280 |
| 2018 | 155 | 306 |
| 2019 | 92 | 458 |
| 2020 | 76 | 525 |
| 2021 | 77 | 529 |
| 2022 | 51 | 718 |
| 2023 | 43 | 832 |
| 2024 | 64 | 610 |
| 2025 | 33 | 1,028 |

## People named Caitlin

- Caitlin Clark, American basketball player (born 2002)
- Caitlin Foord, Australian soccer player
- Caitlin Stasey, Australian actress and singer
- Caitlin FitzGerald, American actress (born 1983)
- Caitlin Leverenz, American swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist
- Caitlin Gerard, American actress
- Caitlin Carmichael, American actress
- Caitlin Carver, American actress
- Caitlin Glass, American voice actress
- Caitlin Compton, American cross-country skier
- Caitlin Parker, Australian boxer
- Caitlin McClatchey, British swimmer, Olympic athlete, Commonwealth Games medallist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.