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Its wave through time A fashion of the 1990s
In the United States 0 5 10 15 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 1993 per 100,000 babies of that sex 3,225 babies given this name since 1972 At its height in 1994, about 1 in 8,700 boys 5 babies in 2020 Names worth a look Cody Boy From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Mac Óda 'son of Óda' (from a Norman name Odo); it is strongly… Modern · peak 1992 Katie Girl A pet form of Katherine, from Greek Aikaterine, whose origin is unknown; the popular meaning 'pure' comes from a… Victorian · peak 1986 Kaitlyn Girl A modern spelling of Caitlin, the Irish form of Katherine, whose origin is unknown. Modern · peak 2000 Katelyn Girl A modern spelling of Caitlin, the Irish form of Katherine, whose origin is unknown. Modern · peak 1993 Caitlin Girl An Anglicized spelling of Irish Caitlín, from Norman French Cateline (Katherine); the origin of Katherine is unknown. Modern · peak 1988 Katrina Girl A form of Katherine, from Greek Aikaterinē, whose origin is unknown; the link to Greek katharos 'pure' is a later… Victorian · peak 1980 Guadalupe Girl or boy From the Virgin of Guadalupe in Extremadura, named after a river. The first part is Arabic wādī 'river'; the second… Renaissance · peak 1997 Kayden Boy A spelling of Caden, a modern American coinage rhyming with Aidan; it has no established older meaning. Modern · peak 2014 Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.