Catelyn — #15828 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Catelyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,294 babies named Catelyn between 1985 and 2024, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Catelyn currently holds the #15828 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 108 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Catelyn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 918 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Catelyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 201 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Catelyn in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Catelyn 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 2,294 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.