NewName Shortlist 0 Meaning This name is in the birth records, but its history has not yet been added to the library. We add meanings only when they can be given with a source.
Its wave through time A fashion of the 1990s
In the United States 0 10 20 30 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 1995 per 100,000 babies of that sex 8,901 babies given this name since 1977 At its height in 1995, about 1 in 4,000 girls 5 babies in 2020 Names worth a look 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 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 Kaitlin Girl A modern spelling of Caitlin, the Irish form of Katherine, whose origin is unknown. Modern · peak 1995 Caitlyn Girl A modern spelling of Caitlin, the Irish form of Katherine, whose origin is unknown. Modern · peak 1998 Katelynn Girl A modern spelling of Caitlin, the Irish form of Katherine, whose origin is unknown. Modern · peak 1998 Catalina Girl Spanish form of Katherine, a Greek name of uncertain meaning later linked with katharos 'pure'. Middle Ages · peak 2020 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.