Katelin — girls' name

What the Data Says About Katelin

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,917 babies named Katelin between 1977 and 2023, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Katelin currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 444 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Katelin performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 4,106 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Katelin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 809 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Katelin in 38 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Katelin 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 8,917 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.