Girls' name · since 1979
Katlyn
Katlyn has 18,433 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1995 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,127 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,505 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 18,433
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
18,433 babies have been named Katlyn since 1979, making it today's #8505 girls' name.
Katlyn has 18,433 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8505 as of the latest data, more common than 51% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #1,127 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,505 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 18,433 born since 1979
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Katlyn ranks #1,127 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,505 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 18,433 born since 1979, peaking in the 1990s.
- #1,127 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,505 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 18,433
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Katlyn's 18,433 recorded births place it above 98.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
48 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Katlyn compares
18,433 Top 7% higher than 93% 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
Katlyn's all-time total is 49x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Katlyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 18,433 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,260 | 21 | 19,840 |
Katlyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Katlyn's SSA record in two at 2002 and the more recent half accounts for 22% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 78%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1979, with only 7 births recorded -- set against the 1995 peak of 1,260, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Katlyn popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (1995)
- 1,260
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Katlyn popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1989 (Katlyn as boys' name)
Katlyn by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (10,718 births, 58% of the file).
1990s was Katlyn's strongest decade.
10,718 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Katlyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s 1,917
1980s
1,917 births
- 1990s
1990s
10,718 births
- 2000s
2000s
5,077 births
- 2010s 624
2010s
624 births
- 2020s 90
2020s
90 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 10,718 births (58% of all-time use).
How Katlyn 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 Katlyn's total volume
Katlyn by state
Where Katlyn concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,097 | 6.0% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 1,085 | 5.9% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 983 | 5.3% |
| #4 | California | | 924 | 5.0% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 837 | 4.5% |
| #6 | Florida | | 772 | 4.2% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 769 | 4.2% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 742 | 4.0% |
1,097 of 18,433 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 48 reporting states.
Katlyn appears in 48 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Katlyn's data
- Katlyn's decade-level peak was the 1990s (10,718 total births); usage has since declined to 90 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Katlyns (1,097 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 Katlyn
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Katlyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
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 Katlyn 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.