Kaitlyn

What Kaitlyn means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Kaitlyn yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #197 in 2015, #799 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Kaitlyn?

US: Falling: down from #197 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #345 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2000, when 8,759 girls got the name (#30 that year). First in the US records in 1971.

How common

• About 1 in 4,727 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 11,012 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 5,964 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in ID (0.7 per 1,000 girls), MS (0.67 per 1,000 girls), NJ (0.45 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Kaitlyn is #799 in the US and #1362 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Kaitlyn were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Caitlin78 US · 33 E&W
• Caitlyn71 US · 24 E&W
• Kaitlynn41 US
• Kaitlin35 US · 3 E&W
• Katlyn12 US
• Caitlynn11 US
• Keitlyn11 US
• Kaytlyn6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Kaitlyn

Girls

• Jenna#679Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1985, with 6,436 babies; 418 in 2025
• Morgan#312Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #121 in 2015, #312 in 2025
• Briana#661Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1994, with 5,000 babies; 431 in 2025
• Megan#887Diminutive of Margaret, meaning “pearl”^*
• Jennifer#586Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1972, with 63,600 babies; 501 in 2025
• Bridget#724Editor’s note Down from #534 in 2015 to #724 in 2025 in the US

For a brother

• Juan#159Spanish, meaning “Yahweh is gracious”^*
• Bryan#336Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #166 in 2015, #336 in 2025
• Trevor#679Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1998, with 6,598 babies; 400 in 2025
• Sean#489“God is gracious”^*
• Kevin#221“dear birth/person”^*
• Ryan#99Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1985, with 29,905 babies; 3,532 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Irish & Celtic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Kaitlyn’s. Rank is US 2025.