Kaytlynn — girls' name
1,285 babies named Kaytlynn in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
46% of everyone ever named Kaytlynn was born in this single decade.
82 babies were named Kaytlynn in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kaytlynn
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,285 babies named Kaytlynn between 1987 and 2020, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kaytlynn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 82 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaytlynn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 596 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kaytlynn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 111 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Kaytlynn in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kaytlynn 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 1,285 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.
Kaytlynn at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kaytlynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1987
- Peak year (2001)
- 82
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
1,285 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 82 births in a single year.
Kaytlynn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 596 births that decade — 46% of Kaytlynn's all-time total
Kaytlynn decade highlights
- Peak decade 596 births
- Runner-up 485 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kaytlynn's strongest decade
596 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Kaytlynn by state
Where Kaytlynn concentrates geographically — total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 111 | 8.6% |
| #2 | California | | 70 | 5.4% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 22 | 1.7% |
| #4 | Missouri | | 18 | 1.4% |
| #5 | Washington | | 18 | 1.4% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 17 | 1.3% |
| #7 | Arizona | | 10 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 10 | 0.8% |
111 of 1,285 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 8.6% of nationwide
- California 5.4% of nationwide
- Ohio 1.7% of nationwide
- Missouri 1.4% of nationwide
- Washington 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 11 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 8.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kaytlynn appears in 11 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, 1987–2020 (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.