Caitlain

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Caitlain: Recorded every year since 1997, it reached #293 in 2001, and it was last ranked in 2007.

2registrars recorded it
12times a registrar ranked it
11years from first to last
#293highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2007

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
1998	#1697
1999	#2770
2000	#1995
2001	#1870
2002	#2540
2003	#1996
2004	#2530
2005	#2682
2006	#5061
2007	#4294

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1997 to 2007.

In 2001: #293 among girls in Northern Ireland, #1870 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1997–2007 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #3824 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2007
Most recently recorded at #4294 among girls in England and Wales, in 2007.
England and Wales · Girls

Caitlain appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1997 to 2007. Highest recorded position: #293 in Northern Ireland in 2001.

Caitlain'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
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1996	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1870	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1995	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1697	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#293	4	High	Verified

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

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1997 and 2007, ranked in 11 years of that period.

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

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2001, and 4 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.

Cait · #178, 53y
Caithlin · #293, 13y
Caitlin · #2, 49y
Caitlyn · #66, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Cairan · #290, 16y
Aiveen · #298, 9y
Florie · #288, 16y
Franz · #288, 10y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Caithlin · #293, 13y
Corbin · #293, 26y
Harri · #293, 29y
Anais · #292, 30y

Caitlain 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.

Caitlain 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 Caitlain without appearing here.

Caitlain moved ahead of

Fionn Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2770 and #2444 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1870 and #3262.
Finn Compare
In 1997 they stood at #3824 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #1697 and #2701.
Helene Compare
In 2006 they stood at #5061 and #4157 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #4294 and #5201.
Lene Compare
In 2006 they stood at #5061 and #4157 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #4294 and #5201.

Moved ahead of Caitlain

Dylan Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2682 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #5061 and #3548.
Frida Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1996 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #2530 and #1836.
Liv Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1996 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #2530 and #1836.
Harper Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2530 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #2682 and #2682.

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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 2 regions, from 1997 to 2007. Highest recorded position: #293 in Northern Ireland in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Caitlain

Caitlain at a glance

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Caitlain at a glance

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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