Caitlin — #1680 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Caitlin

The Social Security Administration has registered 112,068 babies named Caitlin between 1955 and 2024, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Caitlin currently holds the #1680 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 7,246 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Caitlin performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 49,035 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Caitlin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10,717 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Caitlin in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Caitlin 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 112,068 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.