Caitlinn — girls' name
133 babies named Caitlinn in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
56% of everyone ever named Caitlinn was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Caitlinn in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Caitlinn
The Social Security Administration has registered 133 babies named Caitlinn between 1988 and 2010, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Caitlinn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Caitlinn performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 75 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Caitlinn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Caitlinn 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 133 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.
Caitlinn at a glance
Last recorded 2010Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Caitlinn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–1988
- Peak year (2000)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2010.
133 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 18 births in a single year.
Caitlinn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 75 births that decade — 56% of Caitlinn's all-time total
Caitlinn decade highlights
- Peak decade 75 births
- Runner-up 32 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Caitlinn's strongest decade
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% 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, 1988–2010 (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.