Girls' name · since 1990
Katylyn
Since 1990, U.S. Social Security records show 15 babies named Katylyn, peaking in 1990. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #49,827 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
Katylyn is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 15 have been recorded since 1990.
Katylyn has 15 recorded births among girls since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1990 to 1992.
- #49,827 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 15 born since 1990
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Katylyn ranks #49,827 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15 born since 1990, peaking in the 1990s.
- #49,827 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
Katylyn's 15 recorded births place it above 30.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Katylyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Katylyn's full recorded timeline at 1991, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 5 recorded births.
Katylyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1992
- Peak year (1990)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Katylyn by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (15 births, 100% of the file).
1990s was Katylyn's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Katylyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 15 births (100% of all-time use).
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Katylyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~2 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, 1990–1992 (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 Katylyn 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.