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How popular is the name Caitlin?
Births per year, rank history and how many Caitlins are alive today.
Caitlin (female), once a common girls' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 33 in 2025, ranked 1028th. This spelling of the name peaked in 2003, when 2,277 babies were given the name, the 22nd most popular that year. It has declined since 2003; the 2025 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 30,000 babies have been named Caitlin in England and Wales since 1994. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Caitlin is one spelling of a name also recorded as Caitlyn, Kaitlin and Kaitlyn; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Caitlin you are most likely to meet is around 23 years old. Half of all Caitlins born in England and Wales are between 18 and 27, and there are at least 46,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 14% chance that at least one of them will be called Caitlin.
How many babies are named Caitlin each year?
Includes all spellings: Caitlin, Caitlyn, Kaitlin, Kaitlyn. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Caitlin spelling rank?
Where does the Caitlyn spelling rank?
Where does the Kaitlin spelling rank?
Where does the Kaitlyn spelling rank?
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
When was the name Caitlin most popular?
Caitlin peaked in 2003, when 3,113 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Caitlin?
At least 46,000 people named Caitlin in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Caitlin?
Most living Caitlins are between 18 and 27; the most common age is about 23.
Is Caitlin becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2003 peak.