# Kaitlin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kaitlin/  
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 | 57,430 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 75 / 57,355 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,986, 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 | 342 | 792 |
| 2012 | 319 | 837 |
| 2013 | 248 | 1,006 |
| 2014 | 251 | 1,034 |
| 2015 | 178 | 1,332 |
| 2016 | 81 | 2,332 |
| 2017 | 66 | 2,642 |
| 2018 | 65 | 2,662 |
| 2019 | 67 | 2,617 |
| 2020 | 47 | 3,309 |
| 2021 | 35 | 4,138 |
| 2022 | 23 | 5,548 |
| 2023 | 34 | 4,234 |
| 2024 | 27 | 4,957 |
| 2025 | 35 | 4,114 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 5 | 6,826 |
| 1986 | 6 | 6,321 |
| 1987 | 6 | 6,532 |
| 1988 | 10 | 4,603 |
| 1989 | 11 | 4,665 |
| 1990 | 10 | 5,188 |
| 1991 | 7 | 6,902 |
| 1993 | 5 | 9,455 |
| 1995 | 10 | 5,704 |
| 2004 | 5 | 12,284 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 105 | 420 |
| 2012 | 80 | 529 |
| 2013 | 74 | 554 |
| 2014 | 60 | 663 |
| 2015 | 36 | 984 |
| 2016 | 26 | 1,278 |
| 2017 | 22 | 1,457 |
| 2018 | 18 | 1,649 |
| 2019 | 14 | 1,940 |
| 2020 | 11 | 2,300 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,942 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3,148 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Kaitlin

- Kaitlin Olson, American actress
- Kaitlin Doubleday, American actress
- Kaitlin Sandeno, American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder
- Kaitlin Hawayek, American ice dancer
- Kaitlin Vilasuso, American actress and podcast host

## 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.