Kaitlyn

girls:

165.9k births since 1971

#237 (96th percentile)

boys:

232 births since 1985

#4354 (5th percentile)

overall:

166.1k births since 1971

#450 (94th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kaitlyn".

1971 2023 19712023

Key Statistics

Total Births
165,882
Peak Births
8,759
Peak Year
2000
First Recorded
1971
Peak Percentile
96.8%
Current Percentile
44.9%
Peak Rank
#30
Current Rank
#522
Female statistics
Total Births
232
Peak Births
35
Peak Year
2004
First Recorded
1985
Peak Percentile
3.5%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#693
Current Rank
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Kaitlyn

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kaitlyn. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 85.0% confident that Kaitlyn is pronounced as KAYT-lihn. The next most likely pronunciation is KAYT-leen, at 15.0% confidence.

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KAYT-lihn (2 syllables)
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85.0% confidence
K EY1 T L IH0 N

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Kaitlyn. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Kaitlyn, please vote using the thumbs up button.

KAY-tuh-leen (3 syllables)
9 names 33k births
K EY1 T AH0 L IY0 N

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like K EY1 T L IH0 N) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.