Name profile

Caitlin

Anglicized form of Caitlín.

PronunciationEnglish /ˈkeɪt.lɪn/
Usage languagesEnglish, Irish
US rank (2025)#2,326

Meaning and history

An Anglicized form of the Irish name Caitlín.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 1,653 births, rank #209
2007: 1,530 births, rank #230
2008: 1,459 births, rank #235
2009: 1,216 births, rank #267
2010: 945 births, rank #339
20112011: 803 births, rank #393
2012: 741 births, rank #424
2013: 654 births, rank #468
2014: 628 births, rank #496
2015: 477 births, rank #610
20162016: 218 births, rank #1,152
2017: 161 births, rank #1,416
2018: 166 births, rank #1,360
2019: 142 births, rank #1,523
2020: 110 births, rank #1,792
20212021: 85 births, rank #2,186
2022: 86 births, rank #2,193
2023: 80 births, rank #2,288
2024: 121 births, rank #1,681
20252025: 78 births, rank #2,326

Caitlin moved from #496 to #610 for girls between 2014 and 2015. Its highest annual birth count came in 1988, with 7,246 births.