Caitlynn
- Pronunciation
- [Cait-lynn]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Variant Of Katherine Meaning Pure
- Origin
- Irish
Caitlynn Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 4,935 baby girls have been named Caitlynn. The name peaked in 1998 with 297 US births that year (rank #734). In 2024, ranked #7638 nationally — 6,904 places below its 1998 peak.
Top States for Caitlynn
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Caitlynn births are: Texas (438), California (381), Ohio (256).
Other Irish-Origin Names Like Caitlynn
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8-Letter Names Starting with C
Names with Caitlynn's exact length and starting letter: Cacamwri, Caddaham, Caddaric, Caddarik, Caddawyc.
Quick Facts About Caitlynn
US Popularity History (2000–2001)
Annual US births named Caitlynn by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2000 with 274 girls named Caitlynn (girl rank #822 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2001, ranked #923 for girls (242 US births). That's 101 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 Caitlynn Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2005–2014 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 Caitlynn the strongest states are Kentucky, Oklahoma, Ohio.
Strongest girls-name states
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2005–2014. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Caitlynn in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catlin | Variant Of Katherine Meaning Pure | Female | Irish |
| Catline | Variant Of Katherine Meaning Pure | Female | Irish |
| Catlyn | Variant Of Katherine Meaning Pure | Female | Irish |
| Kaitlan | Modern Phonetic Form Of The Irish Name Caitlin From Catherine Meaning Pure. | Female | Irish |
| Kaitlin | Modern Phonetic Form Of The Irish Name Caitlin From Catherine Meaning Pure. | Female | Irish |
| Kaitlinn | Pure | Female | American |
| Kaitlyn | Modern Phonetic Form Of The Irish Name Caitlin From Catherine Meaning Pure. | Female | Irish |
| Kaitlynn | Modern Phonetic Form Of The Irish Name Caitlin From Catherine Meaning Pure. | Female | Irish |
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Compare Caitlynn to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Caitlynn against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).