girls:
2.3k births since 1985
#3609 (37th percentile)
overall:
2.3k births since 1985
#5513 (29th percentile)
The name Catelyn is the #5,513 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,289 recorded births since 1985. This represents the 28.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 28.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,609 (36.8% percentile) for all time with 2,289 births since 1985.
Catelyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1985 (first recorded for girls in 1985). Birth data for Catelyn is available in 38 out of the 38 years between 1985 and 2022. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Catelyn reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 10.7% percentile (ranked #863) with 52 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 52 births per million (ranked 10.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Catelyn".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Catelyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 46.3% confident that Catelyn is pronounced as KAYT-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAT-lihn, at 31.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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