Feminine dossier · first seen 1971

Kaitlyn

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

Endangered Down 94.9% from peak

Peak era

2000

Peak rank proxy

8,759

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Z

1971Peak 20002024

Peak year

2000

Decline from peak

94.9%

2024

450

All-time

166,341

Kaitlyn 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 2000, when 8,759 girls were named Kaitlyn.

In 2024, only 450 girls were given the name.

Down 94.9% from its peak.

All told, about 166,341 Americans have been named Kaitlyn and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1971.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 94.9% from peak

20008,759 girls named Kaitlyn

2024450 girls named Kaitlyn

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