Kaitlyn
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning pure; modern respelling of Caitlin or Katelyn.
How Kaitlyn has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #197 |
| 2016 | #329 |
| 2017 | #345 |
| 2018 | #386 |
| 2019 | #444 |
| 2020 | #488 |
| 2021 | #582 |
| 2022 | #627 |
| 2023 | #621 |
| 2024 | #652 |
| 2025 | #802 |
Kaitlyn by the numbers
In 2025, 23 babies in England and Wales were named Kaitlyn. In the US, 929 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 8,758 babies in 2000, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 2000, about 1 in 230 American girls born that year was called Kaitlyn.
Other names that come from Caitlin
Like Kaitlyn, each of these traces back to Caitlin: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Kaylinpure; a modern respelling of Caitlin or Katelin290 in the US (2017)
- Kailynnpure; a modern respelling of Caitlin157 in the US (2017)
- Cailynpure; a modern respelling of Caitlin or Caitlyn87 in the US (2017)
- Keylinpure; a respelling of Katelin, Caitlin or variant of Kaytlin62 in the US (2017)
- Cailynnpure; a modern respelling of Caitlyn or Caitlin40 in the US (2017)
- Caitpure; form of Caitlin or Caite6 in the US (2017)
- Katilynpure; a form of Caitlin6 in the US (2017)
- Katilynnpure; a form of Caitlin6 in the US (2017)
Other names that come from Katelyn
Like Kaitlyn, each of these traces back to Katelyn: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kaitlyn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Kaitlyn
Names that are said the same way as Kaitlyn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Caitlynpure; a modern variant of Caitlin or Cathleen227 in the US (2017)
- Caitlinpure; form of Caitríona33 in England and Wales (2025)
- Caitlynnpure; variant of Caitlin41 in the US (2017)
- Kaytlinpure; a form of Katelin or Caitlin18 in the US (2017)
- Katlynnpure; a form of Caitlin6 in the US (2017)
- Katlinvariant of Katelyn or Caitlin; pure
Other names that mean purity
Like Kaitlyn, each of these has purity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Kaitlyn
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