Kaytlyn — #8112 US girls' name
2,716 babies named Kaytlyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 54% of names given to girls today.
47% of everyone ever named Kaytlyn was born in this single decade.
158 babies were named Kaytlyn in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kaytlyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,716 babies named Kaytlyn between 1985 and 2024, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kaytlyn currently holds the #8112 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 158 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaytlyn performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,272 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kaytlyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 216 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Kaytlyn in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kaytlyn 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 2,716 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.
Kaytlyn at a glance
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Current rank
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Kaytlyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1985
- Peak year (1998)
- 158
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
Currently ranks #8112 among girls.
2,716 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 158 births in a single year.
Kaytlyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 1,272 births that decade — 47% of Kaytlyn's all-time total
Kaytlyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,272 births
- Runner-up 1,009 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kaytlyn's strongest decade
1,272 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Kaytlyn by state
Where Kaytlyn concentrates geographically — total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 216 | 8.0% |
| #2 | California | | 194 | 7.1% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 93 | 3.4% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 75 | 2.8% |
| #5 | Florida | | 72 | 2.7% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 60 | 2.2% |
| #7 | Missouri | | 56 | 2.1% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 55 | 2.0% |
216 of 2,716 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 29 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 8.0% of nationwide
- California 7.1% of nationwide
- Ohio 3.4% of nationwide
- Michigan 2.8% of nationwide
- Florida 2.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 29 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 8.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kaytlyn appears in 29 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1985–2024 (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.