Girls' name · since 1979
Katelynn
30,680 babies named Katelynn in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #823 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,737 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 30,680
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Katelynn is the #2737 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 30,680 recorded since 1979.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Katelynn has been recorded 30,680 times among girls since 1979, currently ranked #2737 nationally and more common than 84% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #823 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,737 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 30,680 born since 1979
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Katelynn ranks #823 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,737 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 30,680 born since 1979, peaking in the 2000s.
- #823 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,737 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 30,680
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Katelynn's 30,680 recorded births place it above 98.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
50 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Katelynn compares
30,680 Top 5% higher than 95% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Katelynn's all-time total is 82x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Katelynn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 30,680 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,457 | 21 | 19,840 |
Katelynn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Katelynn's full recorded timeline at 2002, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1998 peak of 1,457 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Katelynn popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (1998)
- 1,457
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Katelynn popularity over time - boys
11 total births recorded since 1989 (Katelynn as boys' name)
Katelynn by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (12,199 births, 40% of the file).
2000s was Katelynn's strongest decade.
12,199 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Katelynn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 1,624
1980s
1,624 births
- 1990s
1990s
11,306 births
- 2000s
2000s
12,199 births
- 2010s
2010s
5,013 births
- 2020s 533
2020s
533 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 12,199 births (40% of all-time use).
How Katelynn compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Katelynn's total volume
Katelynn by state
Where Katelynn concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 3,001 | 9.8% |
| #2 | California | | 2,888 | 9.4% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 1,608 | 5.2% |
| #4 | New York | | 1,345 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Florida | | 1,301 | 4.2% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 1,282 | 4.2% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 1,150 | 3.7% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 1,004 | 3.3% |
3,001 of 30,680 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.
Katelynn appears in 50 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Katelynn's data
- Katelynn's decade-level peak was the 2000s (12,199 total births); usage has since declined to 533 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Katelynns (3,001 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Katelynn
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Katelynn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~46 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1979–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Katelynn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.