NameTides

Kaitlyn

Kaitlyn was the #799 girls' name in the US in 2025 (340 babies), and #1,362 in England & Wales and #590 in Canada.

Kaitlyn as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Kaitlyn as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSScotlandEngland & Wales
Kaitlyn as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#799 (340)#1,362 (23)#780 (3)——#590 (51)—
2024#647 (453)#1,672 (18)——#736 (4)#734 (40)—
2023#618 (483)#1,469 (21)——#856 (3)#789 (35)—
2022#628 (470)#1,282 (25)——#420 (9)#671 (42)—
2021#583 (520)#957 (36)#442 (7)#350 (4)#390 (10)#560 (53)—
2020#488 (624)#1,044 (32)#399 (8)—#495 (7)#429 (70)—
2019#443 (701)#616 (64)#343 (10)—#421 (9)#369 (87)—
2018#386 (805)#540 (77)#449 (7)#273 (6)#734 (4)#388 (84)—
2017#345 (938)#420 (105)#446 (7)#239 (7)#471 (8)#323 (102)—
2016#329 (999)#405 (111)#311 (12)#229 (8)#228 (21)#250 (129)—
2015#197 (1,663)#345 (137)#252 (16)#269 (6)#264 (19)#177 (176)—
2014#160 (2,060)#274 (175)#182 (25)#229 (8)#229 (22)#139 (227)—
2013#134 (2,379)#240 (207)#155 (30)#370 (4)#286 (17)#130 (232)—
2012#118 (2,601)#206 (245)#135 (34)#136 (15)#208 (27)#95 (301)—
2011#100 (2,908)#192 (270)#127 (37)#189 (10)#266 (19)#105 (275)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2000 at #30.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1971.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,700 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 4,700uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Kaitlyn is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,800 to 1 in 5,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kaitlyn by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #612WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: #402IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #619ILMichigan: #638MINew York: #533NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #565IAIndiana: #577INOhio: #592OHPennsylvania: #647PANew Jersey: #470NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #908CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #536CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,037VAMaryland: #600MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #1,040AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #813TNNorth Carolina: #834NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #697OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: #441MSAlabama: #574ALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #780TXFlorida: #796FL
Kaitlyn (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#70817

Kaitlyn (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KaitlynCanadaGirls#59051
KaitlynCanadaBoys—too few
KaitlynEngland & WalesGirls#1,36223
KaitlynIrelandGirls—too few
KaitlynNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KaitlynNSWGirls—too few
KaitlynScotlandGirls#7803
KaitlynUSGirls#799340
KaitlynUSBoys—too few