girls:
16.3k births since 1982
#1170 (80th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 2004
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
16.3k births since 1982
#2025 (74th percentile)
The name Kaitlynn is the #2,025 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 16,333 recorded births since 1982. This represents the 73.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 73.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,170 (79.5% percentile) for all time with 16,328 births since 1982. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 2004.
Kaitlynn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1982 (1982 for girls and 2004 for boys). Birth data for Kaitlynn is available in 41 out of the 42 years between 1982 and 2023 (41 years for girls and 1 years for boys). 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.
The name Kaitlynn has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 100.0% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Kaitlynn reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 61.7% percentile (ranked #340) with 422 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 422 births per million (ranked 61.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2001, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kaitlynn ranks #910 for girls (3.9% percentile) with 24 births per million, which is 5.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kaitlynn reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #847) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2004.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kaitlynn".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kaitlynn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 78.4% confident that Kaitlynn is pronounced as KAYT-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAYT-leen, at 21.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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