Feminine dossier · first seen 1955

Caitlin

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Caitlin
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98.3% from peak

Peak era

1988

Peak rank proxy

7,246

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Millennial

1955Peak 19882024

Peak year

1988

Decline from peak

98.3%

2024

121

All-time

112,068

Caitlin once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1988, when 7,246 girls were named Caitlin.

In 2024, only 121 girls were given the name.

Down 98.3% from its peak.

All told, about 112,068 Americans have been named Caitlin and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1955.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.3% from peak

19887,246 girls named Caitlin

2024121 girls named Caitlin

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