NameTides

Katelyn

Katelyn was the #1,076 girls' name in the US in 2025 (225 babies), and #2,278 in England & Wales and #1,031 in Canada.

Katelyn as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Katelyn 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.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandCanadaUSEngland & Wales
Katelyn 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#1,076 (225)#2,278 (12)——#273 (15)#1,031 (26)—
2024#926 (286)#2,412 (11)——#223 (19)#1,153 (22)—
2023#850 (315)#3,219 (7)——#279 (14)#808 (34)—
2022#901 (309)#1,282 (25)——#266 (16)#679 (41)—
2021#761 (376)#2,073 (13)——#299 (14)#560 (53)—
2020#676 (420)#1,507 (20)——#294 (14)#508 (58)—
2019#531 (576)#955 (37)—#243 (7)#201 (24)#448 (73)—
2018#503 (619)#886 (42)#680 (4)#361 (4)#179 (29)#388 (84)—
2017#413 (768)#797 (49)—#215 (8)#219 (23)#422 (78)—
2016#376 (871)#703 (58)#798 (3)#306 (5)#156 (35)#321 (105)—
2015#239 (1,385)#620 (67)#509 (6)#269 (6)#123 (51)#197 (161)—
2014#172 (1,924)#439 (100)#346 (11)#205 (9)#123 (48)#191 (173)—
2013#143 (2,149)#415 (102)#344 (11)#150 (13)#86 (75)#162 (195)—
2012#132 (2,416)#390 (120)#278 (16)#172 (11)#91 (70)#145 (212)—
2011#106 (2,842)#321 (150)#252 (17)#118 (21)#78 (91)#136 (223)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1993 at #54.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1970.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,100 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 7,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 5,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Katelyn is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 6,400 to 1 in 8,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Katelyn by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,014ILMichigan: #638MINew York: #1,418NYMassachusetts: 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: #916INOhio: #959OHPennsylvania: #871PANew Jersey: #1,168NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #939CAUtah: #490UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #653KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,037VAMaryland: 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: #748TNNorth 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: #819ALGeorgia: #1,213GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #982TXFlorida: #1,325FL
Katelyn (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#1,10010

Katelyn (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
KatelynCanadaGirls#1,03126
KatelynCanadaBoys—too few
KatelynEngland & WalesGirls#2,27812
KatelynIrelandGirls#27315
KatelynNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KatelynNSWGirls—too few
KatelynScotlandGirls—too few
KatelynUSGirls#1,076225
KatelynUSBoys—too few