Katilynn — girls' name
390 babies named Katilynn in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
390 girls have been named Katilynn since 1989, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2017.
- 390
- total births
- 1989–2017
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 45%
- born in that decade
45% of everyone ever named Katilynn was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Katilynn in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Katilynn
The Social Security Administration has registered 390 babies named Katilynn between 1989 and 2017, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Katilynn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 28 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Katilynn performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 176 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Katilynn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Katilynn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Katilynn 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 390 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.
Katilynn at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Katilynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1989
- Peak year (1999)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
390 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 28 births in a single year.
Katilynn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 176 births that decade — 45% of Katilynn's all-time total
Katilynn decade highlights
- Peak decade 176 births
- Runner-up 150 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Katilynn's strongest decade
176 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Katilynn by state
Where Katilynn concentrates geographically — total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 1.3% |
5 of 390 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 1.3% 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, 1989–2017 (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.