Caitlin
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Caitlin
An Irish and Welsh form of Catherine, Caitlin was a boom name of the eighties, rocketing from obscurity (Americans first heard it via the wife of doomed poet Dylan Thomas) to the height of popularity in the space of a decade. The original name was gradually eclipsed by its myriad spelling variations -- Katelyn and Kaitlyn both soon topping it on the popularity lists.
Now, most forms of Caitlin, including this most-authentic one, have started to dip, though there have been thousands of girls named Caitlin -- and Katelyn and Kaitlyn ad infinitum -- every year for the past three decades. So, while Caitlin is certainly one of the loveliest variations of Catherine, it's been overused to the point of semi-retirement, at least in the U.S. Cait might be a short form.
Actor Breckin Meyer named his daughter Caitlin in 2003. Caitlyn Jenner also brought a renewed fame to the name, though she uses the -lyn variation.
Caitlin is also given to boys.
Pronounced KATE-lin.
As of October 2026, Caitlin ranked #6195 in US births in 2004 SSA, peaked at #1737 in 1989.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | #496 | 628 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | #609 | 477 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | #1,152 | 218 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | #1,418 | 161 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | #1,358 | 166 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | #1,524 | 142 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | #1,794 | 110 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | #2,190 | 85 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | #2,192 | 86 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | #2,288 | 80 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | #1,679 | 121 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | #2,333 | 78 |
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Caitlin on lists
Famous Caitlins
- (Wendilyn Marielle) Caitlin "Cait" BrennanGirl
American singer and writer
- Caitlin DaviesGirl
English writer
- Caitlin FlanaganGirl
American writer
- Caitlín Rebekah KiernanGirl
Irish,American fantasy novelist
- Catherine Elizabeth "Caitlin" MoranGirl
English journalist
- Caitlin ThomasGirl
English author and wife of poet Dylan Thomas
- Caitlin Tiffany GlassGirl
American actress
- Caitlin DoughtyGirl
American mortician and author
- Caitlin CaryGirl
American country music singer
- Katherine Anne "Caitlin" ClarkeGirl
American actress and singer
- Caitlin LynnGirl
American country music singer of duo Caitlin & Will
- Caitlin Elisabeth RoseGirl
American country music singer
- Caitlin Elizabeth WachsGirl
American actress
- Caitlin Elizabeth CarmichaelGirl
American actress
- Caitlin MalloryGirl
American ice dancer
- Caitlin Ariana SanchezGirl
American voice actress
- Caitlin Alexandra HillGirl
American YouTuber
- Caitlin KinneyGirl
American dancer and TV personality
- Lauren Caitlin "Caite" UptonGirl
Miss Teen South Carolina USA 2007
- Caitlin McCarthyGirl
American actress
- Caitlin McClatcheyGirl
Scottish swimmer
- Caitlin Ashley FeinGirl
American actress; twin sister Amanda Fein
- Caitlin Jean StaseyGirl
Australian actress
- Caitlin CampbellGirl
New Zealand footballer
- Caitlin CahowGirl
American ice hockey player
- Caitlin "Kitty" CarruthersGirl
American figure skater
- Caitlin CunninghamGirl
Australian basketball player
- Caitlin LeverGirl
Canadian softball player
- Caitlin LeverenzGirl
American swimmer
- Caitlin LoweGirl
American softball player and Olympian
- Caitlin Jade FoordGirl
Australian footballer
- Caitlin "Caity" FriendGirl
Australian footballer
- Caitlin FitzGeraldGirl
American actress
- Caitlin FladagerGirl
Canadian Instagram star
- Caitlin BrunellGirl
Miss Alabama 2014, daughter of NFL player Mark Brunell
- Caitlin Rivers CrowellGirl
daughter of singers Rodney Crowell and Rosanne Cash; granddaughter of singer Johnny Cash
- Caitlin CassidyGirl
daughter of actor/producer Shaun Cassidy
- Caitlin Marie WaltripGirl
Kinnaird, daughter of NASCAR driver Michael Waltrip
- Caitlin McCarthyGirl
daughter of singer Alison Moyet and Kim McCarthy
- Caitlin KellyGirl
daughter of reality TV personality Deirdre "White Dee" Kelly
- Caitlin Willow Meyer (b. 2003)Girl
daughter of actor Breckin Meyer
- Caitlin Jennings (b. 2006)Girl
daughter of Jeopardy! champ Ken Jennings
- Caitlin Elizabeth Clark (b. 2002)Girl
WNBA basketball player
Caitlin in pop culture
- CaitlinGirl
main character in "Mockingbird" by Kathryn Erskine
- Caitlin "Kate" ToddGirl
character in TV's "NCIS"
- Caitlin CaineGirl
character in the movie "The Long Kiss Goodnight"
- Caitlin AtwaterGirl
character in the movie "The Staircase Murders"
- Caitlin O'SheaGirl
character in the movie "Falling Up"
- Caitlin CookeGirl
character in animated series "6teen"
- Caitlin RyanGirl
character on TV's "Degrassi: The Next Generation"
- Caitlin SommersGirl
main character in the novel "Summer Sisters"
- Caitlin SnowGirl
aka Killer Frost, character in the CW TV show "The Flash," based off the DC Comics comic books of the same name
- Caitlin StruckerGirl
character on TV's "The Gifted"
- Caitlin SpencerGirl
character in the movie "Take The Lead"
- Caitlin O'KorenGirl
main character in novel "Dreamland"
Variations & nicknames
- CaetlinGirl
- CailinGirl
- CaithlinGirl
- CaitlanGirl
- CaitlandGirl
- CaitlandtGirl
- CaitlannGirl
- CaitleenGirl
- CaitlenGirl
- CaitleneGirl
- CaitlennGirl
- CaitlineGirl
- CaitlinnGirl
- CaitlonGirl
- CaitlynGirl
- CaitlyneGirl
- CaitlynnGirl
- CaitlynneGirl
- CatelinGirl
- CatelineGirl
- CatelinnGirl
- CatelynGirl
- CatelyneGirl
- CatelynnGirl
- CatleeGirl
- CatleenGirl
- CatleeneGirl
- CatlinGirl
- CatlinnGirl
- CatlynGirl
- CatlynnGirl
- CatlynneGirl
- CayetinGirl
- CaylinGirl
- HaitianGirl
- KaitlannGirl
- KaitlinGirl
- KaitlinnGirl
- KaitlynGirl
- KaitlynnGirl
- KatelanGirl
- KatelinGirl
- KatelynnGirl
- KayelinGirl
- KayelynGirl