Katelynn

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Katelynn: Recorded since 1990, it reached #238 in 2001, and it stood at #856 in 2023.

3registrars recorded it
53times a registrar ranked it
34years from first to last
#238highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1998	#2165
1999	#1473
2000	#1475
2001	#1617
2002	#1784
2003	#1552
2004	#1209
2005	#1589
2006	#1660
2007	#1443
2008	#1447
2009	#1467
2010	#1584
2011	#1327
2012	#1991
2013	#3536
2014	#2314
2015	#2328
2016	#2367
2017	#4063
2018	#3985
2023	#4709

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 26 of the 34 years from 1990 to 2023.

In 2023: #856 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4709 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1990–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1990
First recorded at #517 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1990 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1990–2023
Highest recorded position: #238 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2001 (recorded 1990–2023).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4709 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls

Katelynn appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 26 years beginning in 1990, and has registered 207 births with the name.

Katelynn 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.

Katelynn'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	#517 (1990)	#238 (2001)	#856 (2023)	26 of 34	207 (1990–2023)	14 (2001)
England and Wales · Girls	#3126 (1996)	#1209 (2004)	#4709 (2023)	23 of 28	280 (1996–2023)	23 (2011)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#332 (2006)	#277 (2008)	#440 (2013)	4 of 8	18 (2006–2013)	6 (2008)

Katelynn by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Katelynn in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	33	5 of 10	7
2000sbusiest	101	10 of 10	10
2010s	66	9 of 10	7
2020s	7	2 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Katelynn 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 3 regions, from 1990 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #238 in Republic of Ireland in 2001.

Katelynn'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
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2367	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2328	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2314	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1991	14	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1327	23	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1584	18	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1467	19	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1447	19	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1443	18	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1660	14	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1589	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1209	19	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1552	13	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1784	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1617	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1475	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1473	12	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#309	5	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#277	6	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#332	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#524	7	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#751	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#584	6	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#398	12	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#359	13	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#422	11	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#379	12	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#430	10	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#468	8	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#325	12	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#347	10	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	11	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#289	11	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#238	14	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#324	8	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#279	9	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#241	11	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#440	5	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	5	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 3 registrars between 1990 and 2023, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #238, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 23 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 16 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.

Katelin · #291, 22y
Katelyn · #35, 36y
Katerina · #509, 30y
Katey · #516, 20y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Alix · #238, 29y
Erinn · #238, 28y
Johnathon · #238, 25y
Karis · #238, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Alix · #238, 29y
Amy-Lee · #238, 16y
Bobbie · #238, 30y
Ciarrai · #238, 13y

Katelynn was ranked #238 in Republic of 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.

Katelynn 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 Katelynn without appearing here.

Katelynn moved ahead of

Ellinor Compare
In 1998 they stood at #3126 and #2350 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #1473 and #3900.
Karin Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3536 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2314 and #4684.
Carol Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3536 and #3160 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2328 and #4103.
Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3536 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #5666.

Moved ahead of Katelynn

Cecilie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3536 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #2504.
Eabha Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2367 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4063 and #2201.
Selma Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1991 and #2521 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #3536 and #1707.
Fiadh Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2367 and #2757 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4063 and #2502.

Moved the opposite way to Katelynn

Abigail Compare
Between 1990 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Katelynn went from #517 to #856 while Abigail went from #380 to #84.
Alice Compare
Between 1990 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Katelynn went from #517 to #856 while Alice went from #110 to #38.
Anna Compare
Between 1990 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Katelynn went from #517 to #856 while Anna went from #66 to #23.
Annie Compare
Between 1990 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Katelynn went from #517 to #856 while Annie went from #221 to #48.

Moved the same way as Katelynn

Alma Compare
Between 1990 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Katelynn went from #517 to #856 and Alma from #357 to #625.
Aoife Compare
Between 1990 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Katelynn went from #517 to #856 and Aoife from #7 to #31.
Audrey Compare
Between 1990 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Katelynn went from #517 to #856 and Audrey from #168 to #856.
Diane Compare
Between 1990 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Katelynn went from #517 to #856 and Diane from #184 to #727.

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 3 regions, from 1990 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #238 in Republic of Ireland in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Katelynn

Katelynn at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Katelynn across 3 official records

Katelynn by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Katelynn appears in

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Katelynn at a glance

Katelynn across 3 official records

Katelynn by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Katelynn appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Katelynn and the names beside it

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