Catelyn

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Catelyn: Recorded since 2000, it reached #372 in 2004, and it was last ranked in 2019.

2registrars recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
20years from first to last
#372highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2000–2019

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#3912
2001	#3262
2002	#3409
2004	#3725
2005	#2247
2006	#5061
2007	#3667
2008	#5545
2009	#5556
2010	#5707
2011	#4049
2012	#5876
2013	#5742
2014	#5691
2015	#4736
2016	#4763
2017	#4763
2018	#4684
2019	#5591

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 19 of the 20 years from 2000 to 2019.

In 2004: #372 among girls in Northern Ireland, #3725 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2000–2019 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2000
First recorded at #3912 among girls in England and Wales in 2000 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2019
Most recently recorded at #5591 among girls in England and Wales, in 2019.
England and Wales · Girls

Catelyn 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 2000 to 2019. Highest recorded position: #372 in Northern Ireland in 2004.

Catelyn'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
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2247	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#372	3	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 2000 and 2019, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #372, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 2004, 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.

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Cathair · #164, 27y

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.

Toluwanimi · #372, 19y
Gift · #369, 23y
Jarod · #369, 14y
Kalim · #369, 17y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Aimee-Lee · #372, 11y
Bea · #372, 26y
Roksana · #370, 18y
Eimantas · #375, 12y

Catelyn was ranked #372 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2004. 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.

Catelyn 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 Catelyn without appearing here.

Catelyn moved ahead of

Jeanette Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4736 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #5785.
Rian Compare
In 2014 they stood at #5691 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4736 and #5730.
Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5742 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #5666.
Kristy Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5691 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #5666.

Moved ahead of Catelyn

Teddy Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3409 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #5742 and #2460.
Evan Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4049 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #5876 and #3681.
Malin Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4049 and #4764 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #5876 and #3681.
Tove Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4763 and #5765 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #2674.

Moved the opposite way to Catelyn

Ada Compare
Between 2000 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Catelyn went from #3912 to #5591 while Ada went from #1831 to #47.
Alma Compare
Between 2000 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Catelyn went from #3912 to #5591 while Alma went from #2416 to #345.
Amalie Compare
Between 2000 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Catelyn went from #3912 to #5591 while Amalie went from #3912 to #996.
Amelia Compare
Between 2000 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Catelyn went from #3912 to #5591 while Amelia went from #35 to #2.

Moved the same way as Catelyn

Abigail Compare
Between 2000 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Catelyn went from #3912 to #5591 and Abigail from #19 to #83.
Aimee Compare
Between 2000 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Catelyn went from #3912 to #5591 and Aimee from #72 to #838.
Aisling Compare
Between 2000 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Catelyn went from #3912 to #5591 and Aisling from #443 to #1634.
Alex Compare
Between 2000 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Catelyn went from #3912 to #5591 and Alex from #186 to #1389.

What's not yet available

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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 2000 to 2019. Highest recorded position: #372 in Northern Ireland in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

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