Kaitlyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAYT-lin
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,280 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #799 for girls
Kaitlyn is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “associated with katharos, pure”. In 2025 it ranked 1,280th for girls in the UK (26 babies) and 799th for girls in the US (340 babies).
What does Kaitlyn mean?
Greek: spelling of Caitlin, the Irish form of Katherine
“associated with katharos, pure”
Spelling of Caitlin; the Irish original, Caitlín, is pronounced roughly KATCH-leen.
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Is Kaitlyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaitlyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 girls in the UK and 340 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaitlyn in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,280among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 68% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the UK were named Kaitlyn, making it the 1,280th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 945th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 468 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kaitlyn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 124 girls in the UK were given Kaitlyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #384, up from #1,280 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,362nd in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Kaitlyn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #1,280 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2023 | 22 | #1,497 |
| 2022 | 26 | #1,325 |
| 2021 | 47 | #833 |
| 2020 | 40 | #945 |
| 2019 | 74 | #597 |
| 2018 | 90 | #525 |
| 2017 | 119 | #410 |
| 2016 | 131 | #385 |
| 2015 | 159 | #328 |
| 2014 | 208 | #264 |
| 2013 | 241 | #233 |
| 2012 | 294 | #192 |
| 2011 | 317 | #181 |
| 2010 | 405 | #150 |
| 2009 | 354 | #172 |
| 2008 | 431 | #139 |
| 2007 | 422 | #147 |
| 2006 | 468 | #130 |
| 2005 | 448 | #138 |
| 2004 | 447 | #132 |
| 2003 | 366 | #152 |
| 2002 | 281 | #168 |
| 2001 | 212 | #215 |
| 2000 | 207 | #231 |
| 1999 | 188 | #247 |
| 1998 | 167 | #270 |
| 1997 | 90 | #408 |
| 1996 | 55 | #531 |
How popular is Kaitlyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #799among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 340about 1 in 4,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 340 girls in the US were named Kaitlyn, making it the 799th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 488th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 8,759 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
2025 had fewer girls named Kaitlyn than any year since 1983.
Half of all the girls named Kaitlyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 813 girls in the US were given Kaitlyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #407, up from #799 for this spelling alone.
Kaitlyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 340 | #799 |
| 2024 | 453 | #647 |
| 2023 | 483 | #618 |
| 2022 | 470 | #628 |
| 2021 | 520 | #583 |
| 2020 | 624 | #488 |
| 2019 | 701 | #443 |
| 2018 | 805 | #386 |
| 2017 | 938 | #345 |
| 2016 | 999 | #329 |
| 2015 | 1,663 | #197 |
| 2014 | 2,060 | #160 |
| 2013 | 2,379 | #134 |
| 2012 | 2,601 | #118 |
| 2011 | 2,908 | #100 |
| 2010 | 3,303 | #89 |
| 2009 | 4,207 | #67 |
| 2008 | 5,117 | #53 |
| 2007 | 5,551 | #44 |
| 2006 | 6,074 | #41 |
| 2005 | 6,521 | #34 |
| 2004 | 6,988 | #33 |
| 2003 | 7,547 | #32 |
| 2002 | 7,981 | #32 |
| 2001 | 8,164 | #31 |
| 2000 | 8,759 | #30 |
| 1999 | 8,158 | #33 |
| 1998 | 7,937 | #35 |
| 1997 | 7,005 | #41 |
| 1996 | 7,241 | #40 |
| 1995 | 7,385 | #42 |
| 1994 | 6,686 | #48 |
| 1993 | 6,956 | #46 |
| 1992 | 7,480 | #42 |
| 1991 | 4,407 | #82 |
| 1990 | 4,312 | #78 |
| 1989 | 3,392 | #95 |
| 1988 | 2,688 | #106 |
| 1987 | 1,706 | #163 |
| 1986 | 1,207 | #219 |
| 1985 | 879 | #284 |
| 1984 | 449 | #465 |
| 1983 | 274 | #630 |
| 1982 | 138 | #1,045 |
| 1981 | 92 | #1,354 |
| 1980 | 65 | #1,720 |
| 1979 | 29 | #2,931 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,459 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
Nicknames for Kaitlyn
- Kait
- Katie 132 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Kaitlyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira Caoimhe Aoibheann Kiara Eden Teagan Cassidy Ffion Brooklyn Eowyn Raegan Caragh
Other spellings of Kaitlyn
Caitlin Caitlyn Katelyn Kaitlin Kaitlynn Caitlynn Kaytlyn Kaithlyn
Names related to Kaitlyn
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, “Kaitlyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaitlyn, updated 20 October 2026.