NameTides

Kaitlin

Kaitlin was the #4,067 girls' name in the US in 2025 (35 babies), and #5,927 in England & Wales.

Kaitlin as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Kaitlin as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Kaitlin as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#4,067 (35)#5,927 (3)————
2024#4,893 (27)#4,844 (4)————
2023#4,191 (34)#5,688 (3)——#727 (4)#2,604 (7)
2022#5,465 (23)#3,149 (7)————
2021#4,090 (35)#2,942 (8)————
2020#3,281 (47)#2,300 (11)———#3,251 (5)
2019#2,593 (67)#1,940 (14)——#871 (3)#1,922 (11)
2018#2,647 (65)#1,649 (18)———#2,892 (6)
2017#2,635 (66)#1,457 (22)——#873 (3)#2,374 (8)
2016#2,321 (81)#1,278 (26)#585 (5)—#750 (4)#1,906 (11)
2015#1,329 (178)#984 (36)#509 (6)#312 (5)—#1,267 (19)
2014#1,032 (251)#663 (60)#477 (7)#365 (4)#494 (8)#948 (28)
2013#1,005 (248)#554 (74)#367 (10)#255 (7)#587 (6)#888 (30)
2012#837 (319)#529 (80)#370 (10)#330 (5)#371 (13)#865 (31)
2011#790 (342)#420 (105)#363 (10)#311 (5)#306 (16)#730 (38)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1995 at #94.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1971.

How common is it?

about 1 in 45,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 45,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 83,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kaitlin is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 49,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 32,000 to 1 in 75,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kaitlin by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,921TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Kaitlin (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KaitlinCanadaGirls—too few
KaitlinEngland & WalesGirls#5,9273
KaitlinIrelandGirls—too few
KaitlinNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KaitlinScotlandGirls—too few
KaitlinUSGirls#4,06735
KaitlinUSBoys—too few