Catlin
UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Catlin has been given to 1,501 babies in the U.S. since 1970. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1991, with 69 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 70% girls, 30% boys all-time.
Babies named Catlin, 2011
1 in 523,000
Catlin over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Catlin over time
In 2011, Catlin went to 100% girls and 0% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Catlin?
Catlin had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2011, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 2011
- 1 in 523,000
- 7 of 3,657,935 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 251,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2011
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 362,214 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Catlin sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2011 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 362,214 children born in 2011 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Catlin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Catlins were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Catlin was born before 1993 — so the typical Catlin is around 32 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1990s
- 50.8% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 84.7%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,055
- People you could plausibly meet
1990s — 50.8% of all recorded uses (536).
Is Catlin rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1991 (69)
- Years since peak
- 34
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 19.6% average annual change
Spellings of Catlin
Catlin is not the most common spelling — Caitlin is, with 20.1% against Catlin's 0.19%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Catlin is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Catlin was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 466,744 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Alabama1 in —
- 2California1 in —
- 3Florida1 in —
- 4Georgia1 in —
- 5Illinois1 in —
- 6Indiana1 in —
- 7Massachusetts1 in —
- 8New York1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Catlin has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Catlin is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Catlin was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,124,179 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Georgia1 in —
- 3Missouri1 in —
- 4Mississippi1 in —
- 5Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Catlin has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Catlin around the world
Where Catlin ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales1998–2003#4,373in 2003
- South Australia1989–1996#712in 1996
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Catlin by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Catlin
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Catlin
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.