Feminine dossier · first seen 1968

Caitlyn

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

Endangered Down 97.3% from peak

Peak era

1998

Peak rank proxy

2,937

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1968Peak 19982024

Peak year

1998

Decline from peak

97.3%

2024

All-time

52,531

Caitlyn 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 1998, when 2,937 girls were named Caitlyn.

In 2024, only 78 girls were given the name.

Down 97.3% from its peak.

All told, about 52,531 Americans have been named Caitlyn and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1968.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.3% from peak

19982,937 girls named Caitlyn

202478 girls named Caitlyn

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