# Kaitlynn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kaitlynn/  
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 | 16,424 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 16,419 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 174, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A variant of Caitlin with -lynn.

## 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 | 377 | 732 |
| 2012 | 404 | 699 |
| 2013 | 312 | 842 |
| 2014 | 290 | 931 |
| 2015 | 273 | 989 |
| 2016 | 171 | 1,375 |
| 2017 | 145 | 1,525 |
| 2018 | 109 | 1,857 |
| 2019 | 111 | 1,836 |
| 2020 | 99 | 1,934 |
| 2021 | 55 | 3,017 |
| 2022 | 63 | 2,736 |
| 2023 | 42 | 3,672 |
| 2024 | 45 | 3,480 |
| 2025 | 41 | 3,676 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 5 | 12,285 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 6 | 3,116 |
| 2007 | 10 | 2,233 |
| 2008 | 15 | 1,718 |
| 2009 | 15 | 1,752 |
| 2010 | 16 | 1,731 |
| 2011 | 12 | 2,150 |
| 2012 | 12 | 2,215 |
| 2013 | 11 | 2,313 |
| 2014 | 11 | 2,314 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3,214 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,643 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |

## 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.