Katelin
- Pronunciation
- [Ka-te-lin]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Medieval English Form Of The Irish Caitlin. Pure
- Origin
- English
About the Name Katelin
Katelin is a medieval English form of the Irish Caitlin, itself an Irish rendering of Katherine, the classic name long linked to the idea of purity. Through that lineage Katelin connects an ancient, Greek-rooted name to centuries of Irish and English usage, all carried in a soft, modern-looking spelling that feels gentle and contemporary on the page.
The name is one of many phonetic forms that bloomed as the Caitlin sound spread rapidly through American naming, when families reshaped the same three syllables in countless ways. Recorded variants include Cateline, Catelyn, Kateline, Katelinn, and Katelynn, each capturing the same melody with a slightly different look, from the historical Cateline to the trendy Katelynn that came to dominate the style.
As a girls' name, Katelin first entered the US Social Security top-1000 in 2000 at its peak rank of #620 and last appeared there in 2005 at #984, with roughly 1,900 girls given this particular spelling across its top-1000 years. That short, turn-of-the-millennium run places Katelin firmly among the many Caitlin spellings that defined girls' naming at the time, a soft and gentle name carrying centuries of Irish and English tradition in a contemporary shape, linking an ancient classic to a fresh, modern look on the page.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Katelin
US Popularity History (2000–2005)
Annual US births named Katelin by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2000 with 409 girls named Katelin (girl rank #620 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2005, ranked #984 for girls (249 US births). That's 364 places below its 2000 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Katelin Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2000–2009 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Katelin the strongest states are Kentucky, Mississippi, Arkansas.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kentucky | #439 | 57 |
| 2 | Mississippi | #451 | 21 |
| 3 | Arkansas | #457 | 20 |
| 4 | South Carolina | #459 | 33 |
| 5 | Iowa | #496 | 17 |
| 6 | Utah | #516 | 47 |
| 7 | Oregon | #537 | 20 |
| 8 | Kansas | #545 | 17 |
| 9 | Tennessee | #592 | 73 |
| 10 | Alabama | #598 | 29 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | #880 | 67 |
| 2 | Florida | #863 | 45 |
| 3 | California | #833 | 162 |
| 4 | Maryland | #823 | 21 |
| 5 | Michigan | #794 | 53 |
| 6 | North Carolina | #790 | 58 |
| 7 | Colorado | #770 | 19 |
| 8 | Illinois | #759 | 45 |
| 9 | Georgia | #755 | 71 |
| 10 | Arizona | #741 | 35 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2000–2009. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Katelin in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cateline | Variant Of Katherine Meaning Pure | Female | French |
| Catelyn | Variant Of Katherine Meaning Pure | Female | Irish |
| Kateline | Medieval English Form Of The Irish Caitlin. Pure | Female | English |
| Katelinn | Medieval English Form Of The Irish Caitlin. Pure | Male | English |
| Katelynn | Medieval English Form Of The Irish Caitlin. Pure | Female | English |
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Compare Katelin to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Katelin against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).