# Kaitlyn name report

Canonical URL: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/name/f/kaitlyn
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration public baby-name records
Latest year: 2024

## Summary
Kaitlyn ranked #652 officially for girls in 2024. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #343.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #652
- Birth count: 450
- Rate per 10,000: 2.79

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Kaitlyn
- Rank: #343
- Birth count: 937
- Rate per 10,000: 5.81
- Official count multiplier: 2.08x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.01
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.03
- Expected per school of 300: 0.08
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 2.7%

## Trend
- Label: past peak
- Peak rate year: 1995
- Best rank year: 1998
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 4.7%

## Spelling components
- Kaitlyn: 450 births
- Katelyn: 283 births
- Caitlin: 121 births
- Kaitlynn: 44 births
- Kaitlin: 26 births
- Kaytlyn: 13 births

## Methodology notes
- Official SSA ranks treat each spelling separately.
- Combined ranks group spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex.
- State combined counts may be lower bounds when rare state spellings are suppressed.
- Full methodology: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/methodology