Caytlyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAYT-lin
- Origin
- Irish
Caytlyn is a girls' name of Irish origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Caytlyn mean?
Irish: spelling of Kaytlyn, itself a variant of Caitlin, the Irish form of Catherine
Caitlin reached Ireland through Cateline, the Norman French form of Catherine.
Meaning borrowed from Kaytlyn.
Is Caytlyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Caytlyn is a girls' name.
How popular is Caytlyn in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the girls named Caytlyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Caytlyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
Nicknames for Caytlyn
Names like Caytlyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Devyn Teagan Cassidy Keegan Codi Regan Kaitlyn Ashlyn Brynn Kerrigan Keely Kayden
Names related to Caytlyn
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, “Caytlyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/caytlyn, updated 20 October 2026.