Girl
Caitlyn
As a girl's name, Caitlyn is understood to mean "pure". It is not as common as it was in the 1990s, though it has not disappeared. Today, it is comfortably in the mainstream in the registry. The name's best year yet was 1998.
EtymologyVariant of Caitlin
EtymologyMeaning "pure"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
0
1920s
0
1930s
0
1940s
0
1950s
0
1960s
5
1970s
71
1980s
4,483
1990s
21,998
2000s
19,789
2010s
5,235
Peaked in the 1990s · 51,581 total U.S. births since 1900