Caitlynn — #7709 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Caitlynn

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,935 babies named Caitlynn between 1985 and 2024, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Caitlynn currently holds the #7709 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 297 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Caitlynn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 2,050 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Caitlynn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 438 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Caitlynn in 37 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Caitlynn 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 4,935 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.