Caytlin
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAYT-lin
- Origin
- Irish
Caytlin is a girls' name of Irish origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Caytlin mean?
Irish: spelling of Kaytlin, itself a variant of Caitlin, the Irish form of Catherine
Caitlin reached Ireland through Cateline, the Norman French form of Catherine.
Meaning borrowed from Kaytlin.
Is Caytlin a girl's or a boy's name?
Caytlin is a girls' name.
How popular is Caytlin in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1986.
Half of all the girls named Caytlin in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Caytlin in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
Nicknames for Caytlin
Names like Caytlin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan Cassidy Devyn Keegan Regan Codi Brynn Kerrigan Keely Kaitlyn Ashlyn Callan
Names related to Caytlin
Catalina Caitlin Caitlynn Cathalina Kaytlin Catlin Catlyn Caitlynne
More Irish names
Oscar Rowan Rory Maeve Finn Aiden Ryan Nolan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Ronan Connor Declan Casey
Sources
Figures from 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, “Caytlin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/caytlin, updated 20 October 2026.