Kaitlan — girls' name

What the Data Says About Kaitlan

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,119 babies named Kaitlan between 1982 and 2010, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kaitlan currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 107 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaitlan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 687 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kaitlan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 104 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Kaitlan in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kaitlan 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 1,119 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.