# Caitlyn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/caitlyn/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 52,637 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 34 / 52,603 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 5,333, 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 | 930 | 343 |
| 2012 | 826 | 378 |
| 2013 | 754 | 406 |
| 2014 | 692 | 462 |
| 2015 | 494 | 598 |
| 2016 | 249 | 1,049 |
| 2017 | 232 | 1,092 |
| 2018 | 206 | 1,170 |
| 2019 | 198 | 1,187 |
| 2020 | 127 | 1,633 |
| 2021 | 127 | 1,643 |
| 2022 | 123 | 1,697 |
| 2023 | 103 | 1,925 |
| 2024 | 78 | 2,351 |
| 2025 | 71 | 2,492 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 5 | 7,430 |
| 1989 | 5 | 8,060 |
| 1991 | 6 | 7,388 |
| 1998 | 6 | 8,618 |
| 2004 | 12 | 6,196 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 253 | 201 |
| 2012 | 222 | 225 |
| 2013 | 183 | 261 |
| 2014 | 159 | 296 |
| 2015 | 145 | 323 |
| 2016 | 134 | 356 |
| 2017 | 82 | 526 |
| 2018 | 83 | 513 |
| 2019 | 51 | 749 |
| 2020 | 35 | 969 |
| 2021 | 25 | 1,286 |
| 2022 | 38 | 910 |
| 2023 | 25 | 1,288 |
| 2024 | 22 | 1,449 |
| 2025 | 24 | 1,315 |

## People named Caitlyn

- Caitlyn Jenner, American media personality and retired decathlete
- Caitlyn Taylor Love, American actress and singer

## 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.