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Kaitlin
Say it: KAYT-lin
Meaning
A modern spelling of Caitlin, the Irish form of Katherine, whose origin is unknown.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
One of several American spellings of Caitlin popular in the late 1980s and 1990s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1990s
In the United States
- 57,273 babies given this name since 1971
- At its height in 1995, about 1 in 488 girls
- 45 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Caitlin, Katelyn, Kaitlyn
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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