How rare is the name Katelyn?

117,578 people in the United States have the first name Katelyn, about 1 in 2,569. It ranks #481 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KATELYN

#481

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
117,578
About
1 in 2,569
This common or more
57.7%
Who bears it

Of the 117,578 people named Katelyn, 82.2% reported their origin as White, 7.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.9% 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.

Katelyn peaked in 1993, when 5,975 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19702025
Peak year
1993
Births that year
5,975
In 2025*
225 ▼96%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 134,206 babies have been given the name since 1970. 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.

Katelyn by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #136. The largest share of babies named Katelyn, 53.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#5,669183
1980s#37014,815
1990s#13652,863
2000s#15547,895
2010s#43116,519
2020s#1,6091,931
Generation X 1965–800.2%
Millennials 1981–9638.5%
Generation Z 1997–1253.6%
2013 and later7.6%

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 Katelyn is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Katelyn has been most common in Utah (2.1×), New Hampshire (1.9×), and Alaska (1.9×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.13×).

133,144 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 Katelyn

#479 Tom · 118,350#480 Yvonne · 118,154#482 Joy · 117,520#483 Angelica · 117,165

Spelled almost the same

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

#374 Kaitlyn · 148,542#1,390 Katelynn · 25,135#1,755 Katlyn · 17,216#2,915 Katelin · 7,807#3,917 Katlin · 4,993#4,915 Kathlyn · 3,632#5,177 Katlynn · 3,369#6,837 Kaytlyn · 2,298

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