How rare is the name Kaitlynn?

13,693 people in the United States have the first name Kaitlynn, about 1 in 22,057. It ranks #2,003 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KAITLYNN

#2,003

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,693
About
1 in 22,057
This common or more
78.1%
Who bears it

Of the 13,693 people named Kaitlynn, 77.4% reported their origin as White, 9.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.6% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kaitlynn peaked in 1999, when 822 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19822025
Peak year
1999
Births that year
822
In 2025*
41 ▼95%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 16,424 babies have been given the name since 1982. 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.

Kaitlynn by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #793. The largest share of babies named Kaitlynn, 61.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1980s#2,986609
1990s#7936,280
2000s#8696,603
2010s#1,8562,587
2020s#5,099345
Millennials 1981–9627.4%
Generation Z 1997–1261.9%
2013 and later10.7%

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 Kaitlynn is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kaitlynn has been most common in Arizona (1.8×), Oregon (1.7×), and Washington (1.6×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.38×).

14,774 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 Kaitlynn

#2,001 Annamarie · 13,714#2,001 Porter · 13,714#2,004 Casandra · 13,691#2,005 Damion · 13,674

Spelled almost the same

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

#374 Kaitlyn · 148,542#879 Kaitlin · 51,533#1,390 Katelynn · 25,135#1,755 Katlyn · 17,216#5,177 Katlynn · 3,369#6,837 Kaytlyn · 2,298#11,855 Kaitlan · 1,066#12,345 Kaytlynn · 1,011

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