Caitlin Girl
How popular is Caitlin?
#2,326 girl name in 2025
78 baby girls were named Caitlin in the US in 2025, making it the 2326th most popular girl name.
Caitlin popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,326 for girls (▼ 645 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 78 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-84% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #610 in 2015, #1,792 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1988 (7,246 girls) |
| Highest rank | #44 in 1988 |
| First recorded | 1955 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Caitlin counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kaitlyn family of names ranked #361 for girls in 2025 (#294 the year before), with 882 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kaitlyn | 340 | 39% |
| Katelyn | 225 | 26% |
| Caitlyn | 71 | 8% |
| Katelynn | 63 | 7% |
| Caitlin | 78 | 9% |
| Kaitlynn | 41 | 5% |
| Kaitlin | 35 | 4% |
| Caitlynn | 11 | 1% |
| Katlyn | 12 | 1% |
| Kaytlyn | 6 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Caitlin is most popular
Babies named Caitlin per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Iowa: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (26 girls)
- Tennessee: 0.1 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 girls)
Caitlin by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 46 | #3,308 |
| 1960s | 410 | #1,153 |
| 1970s | 1,277 | #677 |
| 1980s | 33,584 | #44 |
| 1990s | 49,033 | #50 |
| 2000s | 22,298 | #76 |
| 2010s | 4,935 | #339 |
| 2020s | 560 | #1,681 |
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Questions
- Is Caitlin a boy or girl name?
- Caitlin is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Caitlin were girls.
- How popular is the name Caitlin?
- 78 baby girls were named Caitlin in the US in 2025, making it the 2326th most popular girl name.
- When was Caitlin most popular?
- Caitlin peaked in 1988, when 7,246 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #44 in 1988.
- How many people are named Caitlin?
- 112,426 babies have been named Caitlin in the US since 1880. We estimate about 110,375 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 33.
- Where is Caitlin most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Caitlin was most common in Iowa, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.