Caitlyn

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Caitlyn: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #66 in 2007, and it stood at #407 in 2024.

5registrars recorded it
95times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#66highest recorded position
19groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#686
1997	#404
1998	#248
1999	#208
2000	#169
2001	#158
2002	#149
2003	#145
2004	#170
2005	#144
2006	#166
2007	#159
2008	#174
2009	#169
2010	#192
2011	#201
2012	#225
2013	#261
2014	#296
2015	#323
2016	#356
2017	#526
2018	#513
2019	#749
2020	#969
2021	#1286
2022	#910
2023	#1288
2024	#1449

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 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #407 among girls in Northern Ireland, #898 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1449 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #686 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1999–2008
Highest recorded position: #66 among girls in New Zealand, in 2007 (recorded 1999–2008).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1449 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Caitlyn appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 5,309 births with the name.

Caitlyn across 5 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.

Caitlyn'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
England and Wales · Girls	#686 (1996)	#144 (2005)	#1449 (2024)	29 of 29	5,309 (1996–2024)	353 (2005)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#271 (1997)	#97 (2004)	#407 (2024)	22 of 28	223 (1997–2024)	19 (2004)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#425 (1998)	#225 (2003)	#898 (2024)	27 of 27	246 (1998–2024)	17 (2005)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#99 (1998)	#89 (2004)	#98 (2007)	8 of 10	641 (1998–2007)	88 (1999)
New Zealand · Girls	#86 (1999)	#66 (2007)	#94 (2008)	9 of 10	454 (1999–2008)	62 (2007)

Caitlyn by decade in England and Wales · 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 Caitlyn in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	474	4 of 10	119
2000sbusiest	3,114	10 of 10	311
2010s	1,576	10 of 10	158
2020s	145	5 of 10	29

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 311 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1997 and 1998, when recorded births rose by 82, from 78 to 160.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Caitlyn 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 5 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #66 in New Zealand in 2007.

Caitlyn'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
2024	England and Wales	female	#1449	22	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1288	25	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#910	38	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1286	25	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#969	35	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#749	51	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#513	83	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#526	82	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#356	134	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#323	145	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#296	159	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#261	183	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#225	222	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#201	253	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#192	264	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#169	306	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#174	306	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#159	344	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#166	325	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#144	353	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#170	308	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#145	336	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#149	296	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#158	281	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#169	259	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#208	202	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#248	160	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#404	78	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#686	34	High	Verified
2007	New South Wales, Australia	female	#98	81	Insufficient	Not yet available
2004	New South Wales, Australia	female	#89	79	Insufficient	Not yet available
2003	New South Wales, Australia	female	#99	76	Insufficient	Not yet available
2002	New South Wales, Australia	female	#97	74	Insufficient	Not yet available
2001	New South Wales, Australia	female	#91	81	Insufficient	Not yet available
2000	New South Wales, Australia	female	#97	79	Insufficient	Not yet available
1999	New South Wales, Australia	female	#94	88	Insufficient	Not yet available
1998	New South Wales, Australia	female	#99	83	Insufficient	Not yet available
2008	New Zealand	female	#94	46	High	Verified
2007	New Zealand	female	#66	62	High	Verified
2006	New Zealand	female	#74	54	High	Verified
2005	New Zealand	female	#75	47	High	Verified
2004	New Zealand	female	#82	51	High	Verified
2002	New Zealand	female	#78	51	High	Verified
2001	New Zealand	female	#94	47	High	Verified
2000	New Zealand	female	#97	45	High	Verified
1999	New Zealand	female	#86	51	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#407	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#424	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#434	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#358	4	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#247	7	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#234	8	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#203	9	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#207	9	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#160	13	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#224	8	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#138	16	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#147	14	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#155	13	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#138	14	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#97	19	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#248	5	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#118	16	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#113	17	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#119	17	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#132	15	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#261	5	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#271	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#586	6	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#551	6	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#474	8	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#430	9	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#581	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#458	9	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#459	9	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#474	9	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	15	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#358	13	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#291	17	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#326	13	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#247	17	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#232	17	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	13	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#225	16	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#289	11	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#266	12	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	7	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
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 5 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #66, first reached in 2007.

It held a top-100 place in 11 years, 11 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 353 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, 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.

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Caitlin · #2, 49y
Caitriona · #70, 56y
Caius · #890, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 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.

Alba · #66, 31y
Britney · #66, 29y
Kaitlyn · #66, 30y
Nico · #66, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Alba · #66, 31y
Britney · #66, 29y
Darcie · #66, 30y
Kaitlyn · #66, 30y

Caitlyn was ranked #66 in New Zealand · Girls in 2007. 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.

Caitlyn 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 Caitlyn without appearing here.

Caitlyn moved ahead of

Marianne Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1286 and #1224 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #910 and #1685.
Paula Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1286 and #957 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #910 and #1685.
Lorraine Compare
In 1996 they stood at #686 and #661 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #404 and #1015.
Cheryl Compare
In 1996 they stood at #686 and #671 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #404 and #926.

Moved ahead of Caitlyn

Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #749 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #969 and #460.
Camilla Compare
In 2021 they stood at #586 and #883 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2022 that had become #905 and #458.
Amalie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #910 and #940 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1288 and #865.
Mari Compare
In 2022 they stood at #910 and #1180 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1288 and #921.

Moved the opposite way to Caitlyn

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Caitlyn went from #686 to #1449 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Caitlyn went from #686 to #1449 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Caitlyn went from #686 to #1449 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Caitlyn went from #686 to #1449 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Caitlyn

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Caitlyn went from #686 to #1449 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Caitlyn went from #686 to #1449 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Caitlyn went from #686 to #1449 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Caitlyn went from #686 to #1449 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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 5 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #66 in New Zealand in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Caitlyn

Caitlyn at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Caitlyn across 5 official records

Caitlyn by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Caitlyn appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Caitlyn and the names beside it

Caitlyn moved ahead of

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Caitlyn at a glance

Caitlyn across 5 official records

Caitlyn by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Caitlyn 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 Caitlyn

Caitlyn and the names beside it

Caitlyn moved ahead of

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