# Katelynn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/katelynn/  
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 | 30,691 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 11 / 30,680 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 280, 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 | 839 | 380 |
| 2012 | 737 | 427 |
| 2013 | 619 | 487 |
| 2014 | 542 | 566 |
| 2015 | 441 | 652 |
| 2016 | 249 | 1,050 |
| 2017 | 188 | 1,261 |
| 2018 | 188 | 1,242 |
| 2019 | 182 | 1,277 |
| 2020 | 146 | 1,472 |
| 2021 | 102 | 1,934 |
| 2022 | 71 | 2,516 |
| 2023 | 70 | 2,536 |
| 2024 | 81 | 2,294 |
| 2025 | 63 | 2,736 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 6 | 7,448 |
| 1999 | 5 | 10,784 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 14 | 1,589 |
| 2006 | 14 | 1,660 |
| 2007 | 18 | 1,443 |
| 2008 | 19 | 1,447 |
| 2009 | 19 | 1,467 |
| 2010 | 18 | 1,584 |
| 2011 | 23 | 1,327 |
| 2012 | 14 | 1,991 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2014 | 11 | 2,314 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,328 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,367 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |

## 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.