How rare is the name Caitlyn?

48,237 people in the United States have the first name Caitlyn, about 1 in 6,261. It ranks #928 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CAITLYN

#928

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
48,237
About
1 in 6,261
This common or more
69%
Who bears it

Of the 48,237 people named Caitlyn, 80.1% reported their origin as White, 7% as Hispanic or Latino and 5% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Caitlyn peaked in 1998, when 2,943 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19682025
Peak year
1998
Births that year
2,943
In 2025*
71 ▼98%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 52,637 babies have been given the name since 1968. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Caitlyn by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #304. The largest share of babies named Caitlyn, 58.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#17,2535
1970s#10,04971
1980s#8744,483
1990s#30422,003
2000s#36919,794
2010s#1,0455,652
2020s#3,452629
Generation X 1965–800.2%
Millennials 1981–9635.1%
Generation Z 1997–1258.1%
2013 and later6.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Caitlyn is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Caitlyn has been most common in Delaware (1.9×), New Hampshire (1.8×), and Nevada (1.6×), and least common in North Dakota (0.58×).

51,216 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Caitlyn

#926 Antonia · 48,453#927 Cara · 48,443#929 Bernice · 48,083#930 Mohammed · 48,042

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Caitlyn, most common first.

#544 Caitlin · 102,632#4,453 Caitlynn · 4,185#7,227 Catelyn · 2,133#9,428 Catlin · 1,473#12,997 Caitlan · 940#14,098 Catlyn · 842#21,475 Cathlyn · 472#25,763 Caitlen · 366

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