Kaitlynn
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #3,644 for girls
Kaitlynn is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,644th for girls in the US (41 babies).
What does Kaitlynn mean?
Irish
A female given name from Irish, one of the modern spelling variants of Caitlin.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Kaitlynn a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaitlynn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 41 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaitlynn in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 22 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kaitlynn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kaitlynn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 2012 | 14 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,917 |
| 2010 | 22 | #1,475 |
| 2009 | 17 | #1,691 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,745 |
| 2007 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,987 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 2 | #5,038 |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Kaitlynn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,644among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 41about 1 in 39,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 41 girls in the US were named Kaitlynn, making it the 3,644th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,924th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 822 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
2025 had fewer girls named Kaitlynn than any year since 1985.
Half of all the girls named Kaitlynn in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 813 girls in the US were given Kaitlynn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #407, up from #3,644 for this spelling alone.
Kaitlynn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #3,644 |
| 2024 | 45 | #3,459 |
| 2023 | 42 | #3,638 |
| 2022 | 63 | #2,720 |
| 2021 | 55 | #3,002 |
| 2020 | 99 | #1,924 |
| 2019 | 111 | #1,833 |
| 2018 | 109 | #1,852 |
| 2017 | 145 | #1,524 |
| 2016 | 171 | #1,371 |
| 2015 | 273 | #989 |
| 2014 | 290 | #929 |
| 2013 | 312 | #842 |
| 2012 | 404 | #695 |
| 2011 | 377 | #732 |
| 2010 | 395 | #715 |
| 2009 | 471 | #634 |
| 2008 | 565 | #544 |
| 2007 | 651 | #497 |
| 2006 | 574 | #527 |
| 2005 | 647 | #476 |
| 2004 | 670 | #453 |
| 2003 | 680 | #440 |
| 2002 | 731 | #399 |
| 2001 | 808 | #368 |
| 2000 | 801 | #368 |
| 1999 | 822 | #361 |
| 1998 | 809 | #356 |
| 1997 | 754 | #366 |
| 1996 | 745 | #365 |
| 1995 | 698 | #378 |
| 1994 | 602 | #413 |
| 1993 | 595 | #420 |
| 1992 | 551 | #452 |
| 1991 | 364 | #619 |
| 1990 | 340 | #654 |
| 1989 | 246 | #783 |
| 1988 | 165 | #996 |
| 1987 | 91 | #1,432 |
| 1986 | 61 | #1,837 |
| 1985 | 24 | #3,516 |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,317 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
Names like Kaitlynn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira Caoimhe Aoibheann Teagan Cassidy Eden Kiara Raegan Eireann Caragh Quinn Rowan
Other spellings of Kaitlynn
Kaitlyn Katelyn Caitlin Caitlyn Kaitlin Caitlynn Kaytlyn Kaithlyn
Names related to Kaitlynn
More Irish names
Oscar Rory Maeve Finn Aiden Ryan Nolan Orla Cody Erin Ronan Connor Declan Casey Kennedy Callan
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, “Kaitlynn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaitlynn, updated 20 October 2026.