How Many People Are Named Kaitlyn?
people named Kaitlyn are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,076 people in the US has this name
Based on 166,921 babies named Kaitlyn in Social Security records from 1971 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
β Uncommon
Peak Year
8,771 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of CAITLIN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Kaitlyn in English. Counting Kaitlyn and these spellings together, about 570,335 people alive in the US have the name.
β§ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Kaitlyn (99.9%) were girls.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Kaitlyn alive today is about 25 years old, and 71% are under 30. Half of them were between 19 and 30 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Kaitlyn first appears in the records in 1971 and was given most often in 2000, to 8,771 babies. In 2025, 340 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1971 to 2025
π Rank History
Kaitlyn never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #30, in 2000, and it was in the top 100 for 23 years, 1989 to 2011. In 2025 it ranked #802.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #802 |
| Best rank | #30 (2000) |
| Years in the top 100 | 23 (1989 to 2011) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #48 in the 1990s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Kaitlyn alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kaitlyn were born in California than in any other state: about 14,939 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kaitlyn was given 1.7 times as often in North Dakota, 1.7 times in West Virginia and 1.6 times in Wyoming.
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