Cait vs Cailyn

Side-by-side comparison of Cait and Cailyn — popularity rank, total births, peak decade, and historical trends from Social Security Administration data.

Name A

Cait

Girl name

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Name B

Cailyn

Girl name · Rank #3284

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Metric Cait Cailyn
Current Rank Unranked #3284
Total Births (all years) 153 5,509
Peak Year 2005 2009
Peak Year Births 16 401
Peak Decade 2000ss 2000ss
Gender Girl Girl
First Recorded Year 2000 1979

Births by Decade

Decade Cait Cailyn
1970ss — 5
1980ss — 120
1990ss — 857
2000ss 94 2,445
2010ss 46 1,791
2020ss 13 291

Recent Annual Births (2014–present)

Year Cait Cailyn
2014 8 178
2015 7 177
2016 — 114
2017 6 87
2018 — 67
2019 — 70
2020 — 70
2021 8 55
2022 5 65
2023 — 53
2024 — 48

Data Sources

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, ssa.gov/oact/babynames.
Source: SSA Annual Name Rankings, 2000–2022.

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