Girls' name · since 1985
Caitland
Caitland has 96 recorded births since 1985 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,537 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 96
- born since 1985
- 1990s
- peak decade
96 girls have been named Caitland since 1985, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Caitland has been recorded 96 times among girls since 1985, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2000.
- #27,537 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 96 born since 1985
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Caitland ranks #27,537 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 96 born since 1985, peaking in the 1990s.
- #27,537 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 96
- born since 1985
- 1990s
- peak decade
Caitland's 96 recorded births place it above 61.82% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Caitland's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Caitland's full recorded timeline at 1993, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1985, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1996 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Caitland popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2000
- Peak year (1996)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Caitland by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (66 births, 69% of the file).
1990s was Caitland's strongest decade.
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Caitland births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 24
1980s
24 births
- 1990s
1990s
66 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 66 births (69% of all-time use).
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What to do with Caitland's data
- Caitland's decade-level peak was the 1990s (66 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Caitland: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~15 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1985–2000 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Caitland draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.