How rare is the name Kaitlin?

51,533 people in the United States have the first name Kaitlin, about 1 in 5,861. It ranks #879 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KAITLIN

#879

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
51,533
About
1 in 5,861
This common or more
68.1%
Who bears it

Of the 51,533 people named Kaitlin, 85.3% reported their origin as White, 5.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 4% 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.

Kaitlin peaked in 1995, when 3,612 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19712025
Peak year
1995
Births that year
3,612
In 2025*
35 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 57,430 babies have been given the name since 1971. 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.

Kaitlin by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #228. The largest share of babies named Kaitlin, 62.3%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#6,024166
1980s#42112,498
1990s#22830,852
2000s#55811,655
2010s#2,1612,058
2020s#7,350201
Generation X 1965–800.5%
Millennials 1981–9662.3%
Generation Z 1997–1235.2%
2013 and later2%

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 Kaitlin is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kaitlin has been most common in New Hampshire (1.9×), Alaska (1.6×), and Nevada (1.5×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.32×).

55,951 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 Kaitlin

#877 Terrence · 51,590#878 Kayden · 51,575#880 Lonnie · 51,396#881 Ismael · 51,341

Spelled almost the same

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

#374 Kaitlyn · 148,542#1,755 Katlyn · 17,216#2,003 Kaitlynn · 13,693#2,915 Katelin · 7,807#3,917 Katlin · 4,993#5,887 Kaytlin · 2,817#6,837 Kaytlyn · 2,298#9,084 Katalin · 1,559

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