Caithlin

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Caithlin: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Caithlin: Recorded since 1997, it reached #293 in 2001, and it was last ranked in 2010.

3registrars recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
14years from first to last
#293highest recorded position
1grouping it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 2000

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#3912

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 12 of the 14 years from 1997 to 2010.

In 2002: #312 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #339 among girls in Northern Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1997–2010 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #440 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1998–2006
Highest recorded position: #293 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2001 (recorded 1998–2006).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2010
Most recently recorded at #758 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2010.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Caithlin appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 12 years beginning in 1997, and has registered 83 births with the name.

Caithlin across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Caithlin's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#440 (1997)	#294 (1999)	#758 (2010)	12 of 14	83 (1997–2010)	12 (2005)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#351 (1998)	#293 (2001)	#384 (2006)	5 of 9	16 (1998–2006)	4 (2001)

Caithlin by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Caithlin in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	17	3 of 10	6
2000sbusiest	62	8 of 10	8
2010s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Caithlin appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Names recorded by exactly 3 registrars

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1997 to 2010. Highest recorded position: #293 in Northern Ireland in 2001.

Caithlin's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#384	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#339	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#293	4	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#348	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#351	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#641	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#404	10	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	12	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#370	8	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#403	7	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#312	10	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#369	7	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	8	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#440	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1997 and 2010, ranked in 13 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #293, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2005.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, and 3 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Cairo · #319, 29y
Cait · #178, 53y
Caitlain · #293, 11y
Caitlin · #2, 49y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Anabia · #293, 17y
Bertha · #295, 11y
Eile · #288, 13y
Emery · #288, 15y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Caitlain · #293, 11y
Corbin · #293, 26y
Harri · #293, 29y
Anais · #292, 30y

Caithlin was ranked #293 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2001. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Caithlin and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Caithlin without appearing here.

Caithlin moved ahead of

Jordan Compare
In 2004 they stood at #403 and #294 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2005 that had become #300 and #689.
Jacqueline Compare
In 2003 they stood at #403 and #279 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #370 and #677.
Monica Compare
In 2004 they stood at #370 and #370 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2005 that had become #300 and #587.
Therese Compare
In 2009 they stood at #641 and #641 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #758 and #910.

Moved ahead of Caithlin

Elsie Compare
In 2008 they stood at #404 and #431 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #641 and #331.
Maya Compare
In 1999 they stood at #294 and #392 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2000 that had become #536 and #251.
Elise Compare
In 2008 they stood at #404 and #468 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #641 and #358.
Amelia Compare
In 1999 they stood at #294 and #322 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2000 that had become #536 and #269.

Moved the opposite way to Caithlin

Abigail Compare
Between 1997 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Caithlin went from #440 to #758 while Abigail went from #150 to #49.
Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Caithlin went from #440 to #758 while Aimee went from #96 to #55.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Caithlin went from #440 to #758 while Alex went from #275 to #164.
Amelia Compare
Between 1997 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Caithlin went from #440 to #758 while Amelia went from #576 to #34.

Moved the same way as Caithlin

Aisling Compare
Between 1997 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Caithlin went from #440 to #758 and Aisling from #18 to #41.
Alison Compare
Between 1997 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Caithlin went from #440 to #758 and Alison from #53 to #115.
Amanda Compare
Between 1997 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Caithlin went from #440 to #758 and Amanda from #105 to #194.
Amy Compare
Between 1997 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Caithlin went from #440 to #758 and Amy from #8 to #14.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1997 to 2010. Highest recorded position: #293 in Northern Ireland in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Caithlin

Caithlin at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Caithlin across 2 official records

Caithlin by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Caithlin appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Caithlin

Caithlin and the names beside it

Caithlin moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Caithlin

Moved the opposite way to Caithlin

Moved the same way as Caithlin

Caithlin at a glance

Caithlin across 2 official records

Caithlin by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Caithlin appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Caithlin

Caithlin and the names beside it

Caithlin moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Caithlin

Moved the opposite way to Caithlin

Moved the same way as Caithlin