Kaitlin
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAYT-lin
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,066 for girls
Kaitlin is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “associated with katharos, pure”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 4,066th for girls in the US (35 babies).
What does Kaitlin mean?
Greek: spelling of Caitlin, the Irish form of Katherine
“associated with katharos, pure”
Spelling of Caitlin, the Irish form of Catherine, which reached Ireland via Norman French Cateline.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Kaitlin a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaitlin is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 35 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaitlin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 79% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Kaitlin, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,159th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 285 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kaitlin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 124 girls in the UK were given Kaitlin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #384, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Kaitlin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 13 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,678 |
| 2017 | 24 | #1,455 |
| 2016 | 31 | #1,189 |
| 2015 | 47 | #868 |
| 2014 | 71 | #632 |
| 2013 | 91 | #512 |
| 2012 | 95 | #506 |
| 2011 | 120 | #421 |
| 2010 | 168 | #304 |
| 2009 | 168 | #306 |
| 2008 | 204 | #268 |
| 2007 | 238 | #244 |
| 2006 | 212 | #250 |
| 2005 | 254 | #212 |
| 2004 | 285 | #192 |
| 2003 | 239 | #214 |
| 2002 | 256 | #183 |
| 2001 | 219 | #208 |
| 2000 | 217 | #221 |
| 1999 | 192 | #239 |
| 1998 | 231 | #209 |
| 1997 | 144 | #283 |
| 1996 | 97 | #380 |
How popular is Kaitlin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,066among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the US were named Kaitlin, making it the 4,066th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,281st. Its busiest year was 1995, with 3,602 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Kaitlin in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 813 girls in the US were given Kaitlin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #407, up from #4,066 for this spelling alone.
Kaitlin in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #4,066 |
| 2024 | 27 | #4,890 |
| 2023 | 34 | #4,189 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 35 | #4,087 |
| 2020 | 47 | #3,281 |
| 2019 | 67 | #2,593 |
| 2018 | 65 | #2,646 |
| 2017 | 66 | #2,635 |
| 2016 | 81 | #2,321 |
| 2015 | 178 | #1,329 |
| 2014 | 251 | #1,032 |
| 2013 | 248 | #1,005 |
| 2012 | 319 | #837 |
| 2011 | 342 | #790 |
| 2010 | 441 | #662 |
| 2009 | 531 | #576 |
| 2008 | 673 | #473 |
| 2007 | 781 | #420 |
| 2006 | 957 | #344 |
| 2005 | 1,003 | #321 |
| 2004 | 1,101 | #297 |
| 2003 | 1,191 | #264 |
| 2002 | 1,456 | #219 |
| 2001 | 1,821 | #180 |
| 2000 | 2,136 | #158 |
| 1999 | 2,085 | #155 |
| 1998 | 2,702 | #120 |
| 1997 | 2,667 | #119 |
| 1996 | 3,136 | #103 |
| 1995 | 3,602 | #94 |
| 1994 | 3,501 | #93 |
| 1993 | 3,226 | #99 |
| 1992 | 2,943 | #113 |
| 1991 | 3,486 | #99 |
| 1990 | 3,472 | #101 |
| 1989 | 3,171 | #100 |
| 1988 | 2,841 | #98 |
| 1987 | 1,959 | #141 |
| 1986 | 1,466 | #182 |
| 1985 | 1,236 | #208 |
| 1984 | 682 | #339 |
| 1983 | 506 | #427 |
| 1982 | 253 | #695 |
| 1981 | 211 | #773 |
| 1980 | 135 | #1,053 |
| 1979 | 57 | #1,857 |
| 1978 | 34 | #2,516 |
| 1977 | 23 | #3,266 |
| 1976 | 16 | #3,961 |
| 1975 | 17 | #3,773 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
Nicknames for Kaitlin
- Kait
- Katie 132 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Kaitlin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira Ffion Kiara Erin Teagan Eden Caoimhe Cassidy Raegan Aoibheann Caragh Tegan
Other spellings of Kaitlin
Caitlin Kaitlyn Caitlyn Katelyn Kaitlynn Caitlynn Kaytlyn Kaithlyn
Names related to Kaitlin
More Greek names
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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, “Kaitlin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaitlin, updated 20 October 2026.