Meaning & origin
How it developed
In English usage, Caity is a diminutive of Caitlin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1988. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Caity through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 41
- 0 boys · 41 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2004. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 1999. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 347 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Caity’s family of names
In English usage, Caity is a diminutive of Caitlin.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Caity
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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