Kaitlynne
Feminine
Kaitlynne is a rare spelling of a name that was, in its day, everywhere. That is a specific and unusual position to be in: not a rare name at all, but a rare way of writing a common one, which is a different experience entirely.
How old is the name Kaitlynne?
Kaitlynne first appears in US birth records in 1986 — 39 years ago. The typical Kaitlynne alive today was born around 2000, making them about 25 years old. About 900 people named Kaitlynne are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kaitlynne most popular?
Kaitlynne peaked in 1994, reaching #2465 nationally. See the whole 1994 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Caitlín to Kaitlynne
The story of Kaitlynne
A rare spelling of a common name behaves quite differently from a rare name. She will never have to explain what her name is, only how it is written; teachers will read it correctly and spell it wrong; and in a class with three others sharing the sound, she is distinguished on paper alone. The ending is where this spelling makes its choice, and it borrowed it from French: the double n and silent e of Yvonne, Jeanne and Suzanne, a pattern English has long read as a mark that a name belongs to a woman. Attached to a name that arrived from Irish by way of a dozen guesses at how to write it, that ending is the last layer of a very long argument about spelling.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The name descends from Caitlín, the Irish form of Catherine, and Catherine's own meaning has never been established — the familiar gloss of pure was attached to it centuries after it was in use. So the meaning runs out one step further back than most people expect, and no spelling of it changes that.
How the name formed
- Caitlín
- Kaitlin
- Kaitlynne
Related forms: Caitlín
Pronouncing Kaitlynne
KAYT-lin
Two syllables, stress at the front. The Irish name it came from is said quite differently — closer to KOTCH-leen — and English never adopted that.
Nicknames for Kaitlynne
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1986
- Most girls named
- 200060 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2465reached in 1994
- Change vs 2015
- −37.5%5 in 2016, from 8
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Kaitlynne in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Caitlín in Irish — related form
Kaitlynnes among us
people named Kaitlynne are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Kaitlynne sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- The sound is familiar to everyone, so it is never mispronounced.
- It offers two strong short forms that point in different directions.
- The spelling is genuinely uncommon while the name itself is completely at home.
- This is one of the most respelled names in American history, and hers is among the least used versions — expect it to be rewritten constantly.
- The ending adds three letters that are entirely silent.
- The name dates its bearer to one decade rather precisely.
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Frequently asked
- How many Kaitlynnes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Kaitlynne are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Kaitlynne in 2025?
- Kaitlynne is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Kaitlynne with classmates?
- Kaitlynne will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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