Kaitlynn — #3536 US girls' name
16,373 babies named Kaitlynn in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 80% of names given to girls today.
40% of everyone ever named Kaitlynn was born in this single decade.
822 babies were named Kaitlynn in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kaitlynn
The Social Security Administration has registered 16,373 babies named Kaitlynn between 1982 and 2024, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kaitlynn currently holds the #3536 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 822 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaitlynn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 6,597 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kaitlynn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,536 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Kaitlynn in 47 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kaitlynn 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 16,373 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.
Kaitlynn at a glance
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Current rank
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Kaitlynn popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1982
- Peak year (1999)
- 822
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
Currently ranks #3536 among girls.
16,373 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 822 births in a single year.
Kaitlynn popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 2004 (Kaitlynn as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Kaitlynn accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kaitlynn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 6,597 births that decade — 40% of Kaitlynn's all-time total
Kaitlynn decade highlights
- Peak decade 6,597 births
- Runner-up 6,280 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kaitlynn's strongest decade
6,597 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Kaitlynn by state
Where Kaitlynn concentrates geographically — total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,536 | 9.4% |
| #2 | California | | 1,460 | 8.9% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 897 | 5.5% |
| #4 | Florida | | 800 | 4.9% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 660 | 4.0% |
| #6 | New York | | 618 | 3.8% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 579 | 3.5% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 570 | 3.5% |
1,536 of 16,373 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 47 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 9.4% of nationwide
- California 8.9% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.5% of nationwide
- Florida 4.9% of nationwide
- Michigan 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 47 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 9.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kaitlynn appears in 47 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1982–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.