Don't call me Caitlyn: Baby name plunges in popularity

[TexasTowelie]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Don't call me Caitlyn.

A year after Caitlyn Jenner announced her new name and gender, the popularity of the name Caitlyn plummeted more than any other baby name, according to Social Security's annual list of the most popular baby names.

In fact, the four names that dropped the most were all variations of the same name: Caitlin, Caitlyn, Katelynn and Kaitlynn.

"It was inevitable," said Laura Wattenberg, founder of BabynameWizard.com. "Caitlyn was already falling in popularity. Now it is suddenly controversial."

Each year, the Social Security Administration releases the top 1,000 baby names and uses the announcement to drive traffic to their website, where workers can start tracking their benefits long before they retire.

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[TBA]

1. When I named my Daughter Caitlyn

32 years ago, I had never heard the name before. I thought I was giving her an unusual name...

[smirkymonkey]

2. I think Caitlin is kind of a bastardised version of the Irish "Caitlin" which is pronounced

"koit-leen" or sometimes "kawtch-leen" depending upon the dialect. Anglicized it is Kathleen, which is the Irish version of Katherine. In Irish it is not pronounced "Kate-lynn".

It would be like taking the Irish Sinead and turning it into "Sin-ee-add" and proclaiming that a new name, when it is just a mis-pronouncement of a traditional Irish name.

[Drahthaardogs]

4. Like when people say RI CAH TA cheese

For God's sake, in Italian the double T just means you pronounce it twice, it does not shorten the O. It is subtle but if you listen you will hear it.

It is RI COAT TA. It means re-cooked I. Italian. It has no Anglican pronunciation. Stupid chefs on Food Network do it too.

[Wounded Bear]

3. I really liked her...