Katleyn — girls' name
25 babies named Katleyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
25 girls have been named Katleyn since 1993, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2004.
- 25
- total births
- 1993–2004
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 80%
- born in that decade
80% of everyone ever named Katleyn was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Katleyn in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Katleyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 25 babies named Katleyn between 1993 and 2004, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Katleyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Katleyn performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Katleyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Katleyn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Katleyn 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 25 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.
Katleyn at a glance
Last recorded 2004Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Katleyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1993
- Peak year (1994)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2004.
25 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 10 births in a single year.
Katleyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 20 births that decade — 80% of Katleyn's all-time total
Katleyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 20 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Katleyn's strongest decade
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 80% of all-time use.
Katleyn by state
Where Katleyn concentrates geographically — total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 5 | 20.0% |
5 of 25 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New Jersey 20.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New Jersey accounts for 20.0% 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, 1993–2004 (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.