Kaitlin

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Kaitlin: Recorded since 1993, it reached #90 in 2004, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
74times a registrar ranked it
32years from first to last
#90highest recorded position
17groupings 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	#484
1997	#350
1998	#250
1999	#267
2000	#239
2001	#228
2002	#209
2003	#222
2004	#198
2005	#218
2006	#257
2007	#241
2008	#276
2009	#317
2010	#337
2011	#420
2012	#529
2013	#554
2014	#663
2015	#984
2016	#1278
2017	#1457
2018	#1649
2019	#1940
2020	#2300
2021	#2942
2022	#3148
2023	#5687
2024	#4843

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 Republic of Ireland in 25 of the 31 years from 1993 to 2023.

In 2023: #727 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #5687 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1993–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1993
First recorded at #516 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1993 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2015
Highest recorded position: #90 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2004 (recorded 1997–2015).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Kaitlin appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 29 ranked years and 2,983 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1993.

Kaitlin across 3 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.

Kaitlin'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	#516 (1993)	#208 (2002)	#727 (2023)	25 of 31	242 (1993–2023)	18 (2002)
England and Wales · Girls	#484 (1996)	#198 (2004)	#4843 (2024)	29 of 29	2,983 (1996–2024)	233 (2004)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#358 (1997)	#90 (2004)	#312 (2015)	19 of 19	163 (1997–2015)	21 (2004)

Kaitlin 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 Kaitlin in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	454	4 of 10	114
2000sbusiest	1,922	10 of 10	192
2010s	574	10 of 10	57
2020s	33	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 192 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1997 and 1998, when recorded births rose by 63, from 95 to 158.

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

Kaitlin 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 4 regions, from 1993 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #90 in Northern Ireland in 2004.

Kaitlin'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	#4843	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2942	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2300	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1940	14	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1457	22	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1278	26	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#984	36	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#663	60	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#554	74	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#529	80	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#420	105	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#337	139	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#317	142	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#276	173	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#241	212	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#257	183	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#218	220	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#198	233	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#222	207	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#209	207	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#228	174	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#239	171	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#267	144	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#250	158	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#350	95	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#484	57	High	Verified
2000	New Zealand	female	#99	45	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#312	5	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#365	4	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#255	7	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#330	5	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#311	5	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#213	9	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#309	5	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#254	7	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#223	8	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#203	9	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#226	7	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#90	21	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#185	8	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#118	16	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#132	14	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#174	9	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#158	11	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#174	10	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#358	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#727	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#494	8	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#371	13	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#306	16	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#314	15	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#364	13	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#549	6	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#431	8	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#277	13	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#215	18	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#263	13	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#208	18	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#238	14	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#213	16	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#245	12	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#270	9	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#346	8	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	6	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	5	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 4 registrars between 1993 and 2024, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #90, first reached in 2004.

It held a top-100 place in 2 years.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 233 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 7 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.

Kaiser · #415, 24y
Kaison · #395, 19y
Kaitlyn · #66, 30y
Kaitlynn · #440, 23y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Carson · #91, 30y
Cerys · #91, 29y
Olly · #91, 26y
Vinnie · #91, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Marley · #90, 30y
Carson · #91, 30y
Cerys · #91, 29y
Eireann · #89, 30y

Kaitlin was ranked #90 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.

Kaitlin 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 Kaitlin without appearing here.

Kaitlin moved ahead of

Donna Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.
Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.
Tracy Compare
In 2008 they stood at #549 and #549 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #314 and #893.
Jordan Compare
In 2003 they stood at #185 and #147 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #90 and #372.

Moved ahead of Kaitlin

Janet Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3148 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2346.
Malin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3148 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2346.
Cecilie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3148 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2504.
Maren Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3148 and #4645 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2927.

Moved the opposite way to Kaitlin

Abigail Compare
Between 1993 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kaitlin went from #516 to #727 while Abigail went from #234 to #84.
Alice Compare
Between 1993 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kaitlin went from #516 to #727 while Alice went from #78 to #38.
Anna Compare
Between 1993 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kaitlin went from #516 to #727 while Anna went from #57 to #23.
Annie Compare
Between 1993 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kaitlin went from #516 to #727 while Annie went from #213 to #48.

Moved the same way as Kaitlin

Aoife Compare
Between 1993 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kaitlin went from #516 to #727 and Aoife from #5 to #31.
Audrey Compare
Between 1993 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kaitlin went from #516 to #727 and Audrey from #234 to #856.
Diane Compare
Between 1993 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kaitlin went from #516 to #727 and Diane from #320 to #727.
Eileen Compare
Between 1993 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kaitlin went from #516 to #727 and Eileen from #113 to #445.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 4 regions, from 1993 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #90 in Northern Ireland in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kaitlin

Kaitlin at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kaitlin across 3 official records

Kaitlin by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Kaitlin 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 Kaitlin

Kaitlin and the names beside it

Kaitlin moved ahead of

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Kaitlin at a glance

Kaitlin across 3 official records

Kaitlin by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Kaitlin 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 Kaitlin

Kaitlin and the names beside it

Kaitlin moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kaitlin

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