Kaitlyn

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Kaitlyn: Recorded since 1994, it reached #66 in 2002, and it stood at #736 in 2024.

5registrars recorded it
96times a registrar ranked it
31years from first to last
#66highest recorded position
20groupings 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	#620
1997	#500
1998	#322
1999	#278
2000	#257
2001	#258
2002	#196
2003	#167
2004	#142
2005	#143
2006	#139
2007	#160
2008	#150
2009	#179
2010	#152
2011	#192
2012	#206
2013	#240
2014	#274
2015	#345
2016	#405
2017	#420
2018	#540
2019	#616
2020	#1044
2021	#957
2022	#1282
2023	#1469
2024	#1672

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: #736 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1672 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1994–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1994
First recorded at #96 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1994 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2007
Highest recorded position: #66 among girls in New Zealand, in 2002 (recorded 1996–2007).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1672 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Kaitlyn appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 29 ranked years and 5,137 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Girls, from 1994.

Kaitlyn 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.

Kaitlyn'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	#620 (1996)	#139 (2006)	#1672 (2024)	29 of 29	5,137 (1996–2024)	400 (2006)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#270 (1998)	#146 (2002)	#736 (2024)	27 of 27	488 (1998–2024)	39 (2008)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#358 (1997)	#94 (2003)	#350 (2021)	23 of 25	271 (1997–2021)	22 (2003)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#96 (1994)	#71 (1998)	#86 (2006)	10 of 13	931 (1994–2006)	112 (1998)
New Zealand · Girls	#92 (1996)	#66 (2002)	#94 (2007)	7 of 12	358 (1996–2007)	57 (2002)

Kaitlyn 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 Kaitlyn in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	337	4 of 10	84
2000sbusiest	2,932	10 of 10	293
2010s	1,736	10 of 10	174
2020s	132	5 of 10	26

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 293 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2002 and 2003, when recorded births rose by 75, from 218 to 293.

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

Kaitlyn 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 1994 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #66 in New Zealand in 2002.

Kaitlyn'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	#1672	18	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1469	21	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1282	25	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#957	36	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1044	32	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#616	64	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#540	77	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#420	105	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#405	111	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#345	137	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#274	175	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#240	207	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#206	245	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#192	270	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#152	345	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#179	294	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#150	359	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#160	342	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#139	400	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#143	355	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#142	365	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#167	293	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#196	218	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#258	152	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#257	154	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#278	132	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#322	111	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#500	55	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#620	39	High	Verified
2006	New South Wales, Australia	female	#86	91	Insufficient	Not yet available
2004	New South Wales, Australia	female	#85	85	Insufficient	Not yet available
2003	New South Wales, Australia	female	#90	85	Insufficient	Not yet available
2002	New South Wales, Australia	female	#89	84	Insufficient	Not yet available
2001	New South Wales, Australia	female	#81	91	Insufficient	Not yet available
2000	New South Wales, Australia	female	#82	95	Insufficient	Not yet available
1999	New South Wales, Australia	female	#87	91	Insufficient	Not yet available
1998	New South Wales, Australia	female	#71	112	Insufficient	Not yet available
1997	New South Wales, Australia	female	#74	107	Insufficient	Not yet available
1994	New South Wales, Australia	female	#96	90	Insufficient	Not yet available
2007	New Zealand	female	#94	48	High	Verified
2006	New Zealand	female	#68	56	High	Verified
2005	New Zealand	female	#96	41	High	Verified
2002	New Zealand	female	#66	57	High	Verified
2001	New Zealand	female	#75	55	High	Verified
1999	New Zealand	female	#91	48	High	Verified
1996	New Zealand	female	#92	53	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#350	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#273	6	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#239	7	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#229	8	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#269	6	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#229	8	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#370	4	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#136	15	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#189	10	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#153	14	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#131	16	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#129	18	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#169	12	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#114	18	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#96	21	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#122	15	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#94	22	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#142	13	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#95	21	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#143	13	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#181	9	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#197	8	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#358	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#736	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#420	9	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#390	10	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#495	7	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#421	9	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	8	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#228	21	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#264	19	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#229	22	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#286	17	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#208	27	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#266	19	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#216	26	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#183	33	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#159	39	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#164	36	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#165	30	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#221	18	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#174	24	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#212	18	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#146	29	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#204	18	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#175	21	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	8	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#270	9	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 1994 and 2024, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #66, first reached in 2002.

It held a top-100 place in 13 years, 12 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 400 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, 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.

Kaison · #395, 19y
Kaitlin · #90, 31y
Kaitlynn · #440, 23y
Kaito · #1469, 19y

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
Caitlyn · #66, 29y
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
Caitlyn · #66, 29y
Darcie · #66, 30y

Kaitlyn was ranked #66 in New Zealand · Girls in 2002. 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.

Kaitlyn 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 Kaitlyn without appearing here.

Kaitlyn moved ahead of

Nicola Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1282 and #1282 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1469 and #2689.
Anita Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1282 and #1215 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1469 and #2063.
Julie Compare
In 1997 they stood at #500 and #478 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #322 and #683.
Joanne Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1469 and #1469 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1672 and #2000.

Moved ahead of Kaitlyn

Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #616 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1044 and #460.
Elaine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1469 and #1705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1672 and #1160.
Josephine Compare
In 2022 they stood at #420 and #502 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2023 that had become #856 and #445.
Eileen Compare
In 2021 they stood at #957 and #1069 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1282 and #876.

Moved the opposite way to Kaitlyn

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kaitlyn went from #620 to #1672 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kaitlyn went from #620 to #1672 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kaitlyn went from #620 to #1672 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kaitlyn went from #620 to #1672 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Kaitlyn

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kaitlyn went from #620 to #1672 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kaitlyn went from #620 to #1672 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kaitlyn went from #620 to #1672 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kaitlyn went from #620 to #1672 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 1994 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #66 in New Zealand in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kaitlyn

Kaitlyn at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kaitlyn across 5 official records

Kaitlyn by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Kaitlyn 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 Kaitlyn

Kaitlyn and the names beside it

Kaitlyn moved ahead of

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Kaitlyn at a glance

Kaitlyn across 5 official records

Kaitlyn by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Kaitlyn 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 Kaitlyn

Kaitlyn and the names beside it

Kaitlyn moved ahead of

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