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.
- 113
- total births
- 1992–2014
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that 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.
- 113 total births
- 1992–2014 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 42% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
113 girls have been named Kaitelyn since 1992, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2014.
- 113
- total births
- 1992–2014
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
42% of everyone ever named Kaitelyn was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Kaitelyn in 2000 - its busiest year on record.
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 at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
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
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2014.
113 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 12 births in a single year.
Kaitelyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
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).
Kaitelyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 47 births
- Runner-up 44 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Kaitelyn's data
- 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.
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Kaitelyn: Baby Name Since 1992 - 113 Births, Peak 2000." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kaitelyn. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 July 2026.
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