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Katelyn

Katelyn means "Blend of Kate + Lynn (pool or waterfall)", according to etymological references. It peaked back in the 1990s and has been gradually easing since. In the current registry, it is a name plenty of people share. Across the twelve decades this registry covers, it appears in 5 of them.

GreekVariant of Katherine, Greek "aikaterine" – "pure"
EtymologyBlend of Kate + Lynn ("pool" or "waterfall")
Also spelled: Caitlin, Kaitlin, Kaitlyn
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
0
1920s
0
1930s
0
1940s
0
1950s
0
1960s
0
1970s
184
1980s
14,815
1990s
52,863
2000s
47,872
2010s
15,292
Peaked in the 1990s · 131,026 total U.S. births since 1900