Feminine dossier · first seen 1985

Caitlynn

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

Endangered Down 95.3% from peak

Peak era

1998

Peak rank proxy

297

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1985Peak 19982024

Peak year

1998

Decline from peak

95.3%

2024

All-time

4,935

Caitlynn 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 297 girls were named Caitlynn.

In 2024, only 14 girls were given the name.

Down 95.3% from its peak.

All told, about 4,935 Americans have been named Caitlynn and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1985.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 95.3% from peak

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