Katelynd — girls' name
274 babies named Katelynd in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
274 girls have been named Katelynd since 1985, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2005.
- 274
- total births
- 1985–2005
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 61%
- born in that decade
61% of everyone ever named Katelynd was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Katelynd in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Katelynd
The Social Security Administration has registered 274 babies named Katelynd between 1985 and 2005, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Katelynd currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Katelynd performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 168 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Katelynd shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Katelynd in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Katelynd 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 274 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.
Katelynd at a glance
Last recorded 2005Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Katelynd popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–1985
- Peak year (1992)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2005.
274 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 23 births in a single year.
Katelynd by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 168 births that decade — 61% of Katelynd's all-time total
Katelynd decade highlights
- Peak decade 168 births
- Runner-up 68 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Katelynd's strongest decade
168 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
Katelynd by state
Where Katelynd concentrates geographically — total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 5 | 1.8% |
5 of 274 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 1.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1985–2005 (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.