Kaitlyne — girls' name

What the Data Says About Kaitlyne

The Social Security Administration has registered 318 babies named Kaitlyne between 1989 and 2012, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kaitlyne currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaitlyne performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 182 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kaitlyne shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Kaitlyne in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kaitlyne 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 318 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.