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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Kaitlan

Kaitlan was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1990, when it ranked 1459th with 107 babies. More babies were named Kaitlan in the 1990s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1990107 babies
Total since 1880
1,119babies recorded

Kaitlan popularity since 1880

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Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010#14,1947
2000#3,23842
1990#1,459107
1980——
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How popular is Kaitlan, counting every spelling?

Kaitlan has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Kaitlan?

About 1,100 people born in the US named Kaitlan are alive today, with a median age of 32; half are between 28 and 36. That makes Kaitlan mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Kaitlan by state

How common Kaitlan was among girls born in each state in 1988–1992, around its peak. In 43 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesIL0.03Michigan: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesMI0.02New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesOH0.02Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesCA0.04Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesVA0.04Maryland: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesMD0.04Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesTX0.04Florida: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesFL0.02
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Kaitlan, girls, 1988–1992. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Kaitlan: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kaitlan, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Kaitlan

How popular is the name Kaitlan?

Kaitlan was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1990, when it ranked 1459th with 107 babies. More babies were named Kaitlan in the 1990s than in any other decade.

Is Kaitlan a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,119 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Kaitlan most popular?

In 1988–1992, Kaitlan was most common in Virginia (0.04 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and Maryland.