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Girl's name · #802 in the US (2025) · 90s wave
Kaitlyn reached its best rank, #30, in 2000 and ranked #802 in 2025. Roughly 167,000 girls have been named Kaitlyn since 1971.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 34 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#505 in Ecuador (2025) · #590 in Canada (2025) · #780 in Scotland (2025) · #1,362 in England & Wales (2025) · #3,884 in Italy (2024) · #5,050 in France (2025) · #736 in Ireland (2024) · #2,754 in Austria (2024) · #2,300 in Sweden (2023) · #350 in N. Ireland (2021) · #1,198 in Belgium (2019) · #290 in New Zealand (2018) and 5 more.
Among 134 notable people named Kaitlyn:
Sports figures appear 3.23× more often than among typical names — e.g. Kaitlyn, American bodybuilder, model, and professional wrestler (born 1986).
Together with its spelling variants Katelyn (#1077), Caitlin (#2333), and Caitlyn (#2492), Kaitlyn would rank around #434 with about 710 births last year — the newborns split about 47/32/11/10 across Kaitlyn, Katelyn, Caitlin, and Caitlyn.
Similar names: Caitlin · Gabrielle · Kayleigh · Alexandria · Madalyn · Kaydence
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