# Katelyn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/katelyn/  
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 | 134,206 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 157 / 134,049 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,221, 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 | 2,842 | 106 |
| 2012 | 2,416 | 132 |
| 2013 | 2,149 | 143 |
| 2014 | 1,924 | 172 |
| 2015 | 1,385 | 239 |
| 2016 | 871 | 376 |
| 2017 | 768 | 414 |
| 2018 | 619 | 503 |
| 2019 | 576 | 531 |
| 2020 | 420 | 677 |
| 2021 | 376 | 761 |
| 2022 | 309 | 901 |
| 2023 | 315 | 851 |
| 2024 | 286 | 926 |
| 2025 | 225 | 1,077 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 11 | 4,312 |
| 1989 | 8 | 5,932 |
| 1990 | 10 | 5,197 |
| 1992 | 12 | 4,710 |
| 1994 | 8 | 6,687 |
| 1995 | 6 | 8,345 |
| 1997 | 6 | 8,715 |
| 1999 | 10 | 6,277 |
| 2000 | 7 | 8,679 |
| 2003 | 6 | 10,247 |
| 2004 | 28 | 3,412 |
| 2005 | 7 | 9,637 |
| 2006 | 7 | 10,138 |
| 2011 | 5 | 13,351 |
| 2013 | 5 | 13,119 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 150 | 321 |
| 2012 | 120 | 390 |
| 2013 | 102 | 415 |
| 2014 | 100 | 439 |
| 2015 | 67 | 620 |
| 2016 | 58 | 703 |
| 2017 | 49 | 797 |
| 2018 | 42 | 886 |
| 2019 | 37 | 955 |
| 2020 | 20 | 1,507 |
| 2021 | 13 | 2,073 |
| 2022 | 25 | 1,282 |
| 2023 | 7 | 3,218 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,411 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,278 |

## People named Katelyn

- Katelyn Nacon, American actress
- Katelyn Tarver, American actress and singer-songwriter
- Katelyn Ohashi, artistic gymnast
- Katelyn Rowland, American soccer player

## 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.