Kaitlynne
A feminine name of English origin, a modern variant of Caitlin meaning "pure".
Name Census estimates that about 907 living Americans carry the first name Kaitlynne. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Kaitlynne today is around 26 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Kaitlynne births was 2000 (60 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Kaitlynne. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Kaitlynne with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
907
~ 1 in 377,899 Americans
Peak year
2000
60 babies that year
Average age
26
years old
2016 SSA rank
#17,493
Tracked since 1986
Census
Kaitlynne in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 788 people with the first name Kaitlynne, which placed it at #14,825 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#14,825
National first-name rank
People counted
788
788 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.3
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
80.2% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Kaitlynne
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Kaitlynne is White at 80.2%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (8.5%) and Two or More Races (5.5%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Kaitlynne described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Kaitlynne at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White80.2% · 632
- Hispanic or Latino8.5% · 67
- Two or more races5.5% · 43
- Black or African American3.0% · 24
- Asian and Pacific Islander1.4% · 11
- American Indian and Alaska Native1.4% · 11
Popularity
Kaitlynne: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Kaitlynne from the 1980s through to the 2010s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1990s, with 429 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1990s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Kaitlynne by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Kaitlynne during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Kaitlynnes live
The SSA's state-level files cover 10 states and territories. California, Ohio, Michigan recorded the most babies named Kaitlynne, while Virginia, Missouri, Indiana recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 13 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Kaitlynne
The name Kaitlynne is a relatively modern English variant of the traditional feminine name Caitlin or Cathleen, which ultimately derives from the ancient Irish Gaelic name Caitlín. This name can be traced back to the 8th century and is a diminutive form of the older Irish name Cáit, which itself is a Celtic Gaelic pet form of the name Caterina or Catherine.
The root name Catherine has its origins in the Greek name Αικατερίνη (Aikaterine), from the Greek terms "katharos" meaning pure and "hegnos" meaning virginal or immaculate. This reflects the name's association with the 4th century Christian saint and martyr, Saint Catherine of Alexandria. The Irish Gaelic form Caitlín emerged as the name spread to Ireland during the Middle Ages through the church's influence.
While the standard English spelling of Caitlin was known from the 17th century, the variant Kaitlynne is a more recent invention, likely emerging in the late 20th century as part of the trend for creatively respelled and elaborated versions of traditional names. The earliest recorded examples of the exact spelling Kaitlynne date back only to the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Notable people named Kaitlynne throughout history include Kaitlynne Langer (born 1999), an American artistic gymnast; Kaitlynne Erica Worral (born 1984), a Canadian country music singer-songwriter; and Kaitlynne Wengert (born 1993), an American professional volleyball player. While less common, the name has also been used by a few historical figures such as Kaitlynne Burges (1658-1734), an English Puritan minister, and Kaitlynne Findlay (1772-1846), a Scottish botanist and naturalist.
People
Kaitlynne + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Kaitlynne as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with K
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Kaitlynne: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Kaitlynne?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 907 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Kaitlynne going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 377,899 US residents.
Is Kaitlynne a common name?
We classify Kaitlynne as "Very Rare". It ranks above 89.5% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 929 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Kaitlynne most popular?
The single biggest year for Kaitlynne was 2000, when 60 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Kaitlynne is about 26 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Kaitlynne in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 788 people with the name Kaitlynne, or 0.26 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #14,825 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Kaitlynne in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Kaitlynne?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Kaitlynne appears almost entirely female. Of the 785 people counted with this name, 99.9% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Kaitlynne?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Kaitlynne is White at 80.2%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (8.5%) and Two or More Races (5.5%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Kaitlynne most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Kaitlynne in the 2020 Census, accounting for 80.2% (632 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Kaitlynne in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Kaitlynne a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Kaitlynne in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Kaitlynne still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Kaitlynne in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Kaitlynne can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people are called Kaitlynne?
Our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers how many people have the name Kaitlynne at a glance, with the living-bearer count up front.