Caitlan — girls' name

What the Data Says About Caitlan

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,047 babies named Caitlan between 1983 and 2012, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Caitlan currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 88 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Caitlan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 590 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Caitlan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 114 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Caitlan in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Caitlan 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 1,047 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.