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How popular is the name Cait?
Births per year, rank history and how many Caits are alive today.
Cait (female) is a shortened form of the name Kaitlyn. Cait itself was last registered for 3 babies in 2020; most Caits are registered as Kaitlyn, which ranked 1362nd in 2025 with 23 babies.
Most people called Cait are registered as Kaitlyn, and share that name's profile: the Kaitlyn you are most likely to meet is around 23 years old. Half of all Kaitlyns born in England and Wales are between 18 and 27, and there are at least 47,000 of them alive today. Only some Kaitlyns go by Cait.
How many babies are named Cait or Kaitlyn each year?
Combined registrations of Kaitlyn, Caitlin, Caitlyn, Kaitlin, Cait. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does Kaitlyn rank as a registered name?
Where does Cait rank as a registered name?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
Is Cait short for Kaitlyn?
Yes - Cait is a shortened form of Kaitlyn. Caits are usually registered as Kaitlyn at birth.
When was the name Cait most popular?
The full name Kaitlyn peaked in 2003, when 3,120 babies in England and Wales were given the name. Cait itself peaked as a registered name in 1997, with 15 babies.
How many people are called Cait?
There's no official count of people who go by Cait, because it's a nickname rather than a registered name. What we can say: at least 47,000 people registered as Kaitlyn born in England and Wales are alive today, and some of them go by Cait.
How old is the typical Cait?
Most people called Cait are registered as Kaitlyn. Most living Kaitlyns are between 18 and 27; the most common age is about 23.
Is Cait becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2003 peak.