Given name & surname
Catlin
“one who is pure; chaste”
Catlin is used as a given name and a surname. One Irish interpretation is “one who is pure; chaste.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Irish interpretation is “one who is pure; chaste.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Irish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Catlin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,501
- 446 boys · 1,055 girls
- Most popular year
- 1988
- 119 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 30% boys.
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 69 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,473 as a first name in 2020; 4,669 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Catlin’s family of names
Catlin has a related form in Catherine. Catlin has a related form in Catalin. Catlin has a related form in Catlyn.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Catherinevariant
- Catalinvariant
- Catlynvariant
- Cattlinlikely variant
- Catalunvariant
- Catalonvariant
- Catlanvariant
- Catlenvariant
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