Girls' name · since 1989
Caytlyn
Since 1989, U.S. Social Security records show 157 babies named Caytlyn, peaking in 1998. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #22,290 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 157
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
157 girls have been named Caytlyn since 1989, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Caytlyn has 157 recorded births among girls since 1989, 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 1989 to 2011.
- #22,290 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 157 born since 1989
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Caytlyn ranks #22,290 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 157 born since 1989, peaking in the 1990s.
- #22,290 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 157
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Caytlyn's 157 recorded births place it above 69.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Caytlyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Caytlyn splits its recorded history at 2000: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1993 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1998 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Caytlyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2011
- Peak year (1998)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Caytlyn by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (75 births, 48% of the file).
1990s was Caytlyn's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Caytlyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 1990s
1990s
75 births
- 2000s
2000s
64 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 75 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Caytlyn's decade-level peak was the 1990s (75 total births); usage has since declined to 11 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Caytlyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
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, 1989–2011 (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 Caytlyn 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.