Girls' name · since 1992
Kaitelyn
113 babies named Kaitelyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,787 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 113
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
113 girls have been named Kaitelyn since 1992, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Kaitelyn has 113 recorded births among girls since 1992, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2014.
- #25,787 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 113 born since 1992
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaitelyn ranks #25,787 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 113 born since 1992, peaking in the 2000s.
- #25,787 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 113
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kaitelyn's 113 recorded births place it above 64.29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kaitelyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kaitelyn splits its recorded history at 2002: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1992 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2000 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kaitelyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2014
- Peak year (2000)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Kaitelyn by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (47 births, 42% of the file).
2000s was Kaitelyn's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Kaitelyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
44 births
- 2000s
2000s
47 births
- 2010s
2010s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 47 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Kaitelyn's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (47 total births) through the 2010s (22) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Kaitelyn: 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, 1992–2014 (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 Kaitelyn 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.