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Caitlin
Pronounced /ˈkeɪtlɪn/
Rank in 2024
#1,686
Born in 2024
121
Peak year
1988 · #44
Origin
Irish Caitl
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 121 girls were named Caitlin, about 1 in every 13,332.
- It peaked in 1988 with 7,246 babies, ranked #44.
- It first shows up in the records in 1955.
- 112,068 girls have been named Caitlin since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Caitlin per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- 0Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- 2.5Millennials1981–96
- 1.2Gen Z1997–12
- 0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 140 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 2,240 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Millennials: 70,475 babies, 2.50 per 1,000. Gen Z: 36,285 babies, 1.25 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,928 babies, 0.14 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
- A female given name from Irish Caitlín, equivalent to English Catherine.
- Origin
- Irish Caitl
- Say it
- /ˈkeɪtlɪn/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Caitlin, CC BY-SA 4.0.