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Katelyn Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Katelyn?

The less frequently given name Katelyn was the 501st Most Popular Girls Name in the United States in 2018.

This top 1000 contender has seen rankings outside of the top 1000.

Position 52, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 2001.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 1993 with 5,974 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Katelyn was less than 5, most recently in 1969.

Approximately during the years 1975-1993, the name Katelyn took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 2006-2017.

Katelyn became more popular as a girls name in 1970.

Where is the name Katelyn popularity headed?

Currently, the name is at a very low point when compared to its most popular year.

The popularity trend for Katelyn has been spiralling downward for a while. Of late, continuing the trend, the number of parents selecting the name Katelyn for their newborn has dropped dramatically.

The name Katelyn still has a solid footing but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Katelyn has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Katelyn (Girl)Katelyn (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 616 501 < 5 --
2017 764 415 < 5 --
2016 868 376 < 5 --
2015 1,384 239 < 5 --
2014 1,917 173 < 5 --
2013 2,147 143 5 13,096
2012 2,415 131 < 5 --
2011 2,842 106 5 13,333
2010 2,958 103 < 5 --
2009 3,571 90 < 5 --
2008 3,975 80 < 5 --
2007 4,253 75 < 5 --
2006 4,886 61 7 10,131
2005 4,927 59 7 9,631
2004 4,952 59 28 3,407
2003 5,053 58 6 10,243
2002 5,266 53 < 5 --
2001 5,440 52 < 5 --
2000 5,502 54 7 8,676
1999 5,309 55 10 6,274
1998 5,367 58 < 5 --
1997 5,156 63 6 8,713
1996 5,421 64 < 5 --
1995 5,573 59 6 8,342
1994 5,670 58 8 6,686
1993 5,974 54 5 9,471
1992 5,290 65 11 5,069
1991 4,560 75 < 5 --
1990 4,487 75 10 5,198
1989 4,037 76 8 5,930
1988 3,510 84 11 4,313
1987 2,218 127 11 4,104
1986 1,939 149 10 4,303
1985 1,418 191 < 5 --
1984 702 332 < 5 --
1983 424 470 < 5 --
1982 242 718 < 5 --
1981 153 962 < 5 --
1980 132 1,071 < 5 --
1979 63 1,742 < 5 --
1978 42 2,209 < 5 --
1977 21 3,534 < 5 --
1976 14 4,464 < 5 --
1975 7 7,508 < 5 --
1974 8 6,507 < 5 --
1973 8 6,335 < 5 --
1972 6 7,683 < 5 --
1971 5 8,885 < 5 --
1970 9 5,581 < 5 --
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.