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Katilynn

Gender
Girl
Say it
KATE-lin
Origin
Greek

Katilynn is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “pure”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Katilynn mean?

Greek: spelling of Katilyn, itself a variant of Katelyn, from Caitlin, the Irish form of Catherine

“pure”

A variant spelling of Katelyn, an American form of Caitlin, the Irish form of Catherine.

Meaning borrowed from Katilyn.

Is Katilynn a girl's or a boy's name?

Katilynn is a girls' name.

How popular is Katilynn 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 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.

Half of all the girls named Katilynn in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.

1989Busiest: 28 in 19992017
Katilynn in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20176#14,120
20160–
20157#13,001
20146#14,552
20138#11,964
201211#9,706
20118#12,146
201013#8,697
200911#9,971
200814#8,525
200716#7,729
200611#9,897
200513#8,325
200417#6,763
20038#11,319
200215#7,039
200126#4,559
200019#5,700
199928#4,084
199815#6,355
199723#4,505
199623#4,448
199517#5,434
199413#6,666
199311#7,491
199221#4,679
199114#6,247
199011#7,297
19895#12,356

Nicknames for Katilynn

Names like Katilynn

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Katilynn

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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, “Katilynn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/katilynn, updated 20 October 2026.