The name Katelyn is of English origin, and is a variation of Caitlin.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Katelyn has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Katelyn
Use of the Name Katelyn for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
93,502
93,502
93,502
52,904
26,104
9,924
4,892
The table below indicates the number of times the name Katelyn has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Katelyn first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1981, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Katelyn
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1981
963
152
1982
723
239
1983
469
425
1984
332
702
1985
191
1,418
1986
149
1,935
1987
127
2,221
1988
84
3,505
1989
76
4,033
1990
75
4,482
1991
75
4,564
1992
66
5,283
1993
54
5,974
1994
58
5,665
1995
59
5,571
1996
64
5,418
1997
63
5,153
1998
58
5,356
1999
55
5,302
2000
54
5,496
2001
52
5,431
2002
53
5,253
2003
58
5,032
2004
59
4,892
Totals:
93,502
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Katelyn as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and almost never as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are significantly lower than actual counts because the name Katelyn appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 24 times during the last 125 years.