Cait — girls' name
153 babies named Cait in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
61% of everyone ever named Cait was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Cait in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cait
The Social Security Administration has registered 153 babies named Cait between 2000 and 2022, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cait currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cait performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 94 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Cait shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cait in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 153 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Cait at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cait popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2000
- Peak year (2005)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
153 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 16 births in a single year.
Cait by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 94 births that decade — 61% of Cait's all-time total
Cait decade highlights
- Peak decade 94 births
- Runner-up 46 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Cait's strongest decade
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2000–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.