Cait
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KATE
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- Style
- Big in Northern Ireland
Cait is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies).
What does Cait mean?
Greek: Irish short form of Caitlin, from Catherine
A short form of Caitlin, the Irish form of Catherine, a name long associated with Greek katharos 'pure'.
Is Cait a girl's or a boy's name?
Cait is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cait in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Cait, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,159th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 15 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Cait than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Cait in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 259th in Northern Ireland.
Cait in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 13 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 2 | #7,640 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,649 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,593 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 15 | #1,333 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,862 |
How popular is Cait in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Cait in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cait in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
Names like Cait
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Caoimhe, Cassidy, Keira, Clodagh, Eilidh, Caitlin, Caragh, Bree, Teagan, Cadi, Eden, Niamh
Names related to Cait
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cait: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cait, updated 20 October 2026.