Girls' name · since 1988
Caitlinn
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.
- #24,018 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 133
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
133 girls have been named Caitlinn since 1988, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Caitlinn has 133 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2010.
- #24,018 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 133 born since 1988
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Caitlinn ranks #24,018 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 133 born since 1988, peaking in the 1990s.
- #24,018 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 133
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Caitlinn's 133 recorded births place it above 66.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Caitlinn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Caitlinn's SSA record in two at 1996 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1990, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2000 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Caitlinn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2010
- Peak year (2000)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Caitlinn by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (75 births, 56% of the file).
1990s was Caitlinn's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Caitlinn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 19
1980s
19 births
- 1990s
1990s
75 births
- 2000s
2000s
32 births
- 2010s 7
2010s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 75 births (56% of all-time use).
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- Caitlinn's decade-level peak was the 1990s (75 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2010s -- 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 Caitlinn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~22 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, 1988–2010 (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 Caitlinn 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.