Kathlyn
#4,758 for girls in 2025, 28 births
- Peak · girls
- 1914 · 101 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,156since 1897
Kathlyn over time
Rank among girls' names. Kathlyn has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,758 | 28 |
| 2024 | #2,722 | 63 |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 |
| 2019 | #9,112 | 11 |
| 2018 | #8,146 | 13 |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 |
| 2016 | #8,393 | 13 |
| 2015 | #5,833 | 22 |
| 2014 | #8,966 | 12 |
| 2013 | #6,462 | 19 |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 |
| 2011 | #6,335 | 20 |
| 2010 | #7,880 | 15 |
| 2009 | #4,677 | 31 |
| 2008 | #5,955 | 23 |
| 2007 | #4,380 | 34 |
| 2006 | #3,669 | 42 |
| 2005 | #3,730 | 39 |
| 2004 | #3,391 | 44 |
| 2003 | #3,472 | 41 |
| 2002 | #3,810 | 34 |
| 2001 | #3,256 | 42 |
| 2000 | #2,740 | 53 |
| 1999 | #3,313 | 38 |
| 1998 | #3,573 | 33 |
| 1997 | #3,302 | 35 |
| 1996 | #2,796 | 43 |
| 1995 | #2,650 | 46 |
| 1994 | #2,079 | 66 |
| 1993 | #2,351 | 54 |
| 1992 | #1,855 | 76 |
| 1991 | #2,660 | 45 |
| 1990 | #2,345 | 53 |
| 1989 | #2,478 | 46 |
| 1988 | #2,152 | 53 |
| 1987 | #2,276 | 47 |
| 1986 | #2,116 | 50 |
| 1985 | #2,804 | 33 |
| 1984 | #2,992 | 29 |
| 1983 | #2,595 | 34 |
| 1982 | #2,830 | 32 |
| 1981 | #3,066 | 28 |
| 1980 | #2,940 | 30 |
| 1979 | #4,052 | 18 |
| 1978 | #3,009 | 26 |
| 1977 | #3,761 | 19 |
| 1976 | #3,407 | 20 |
| 1975 | #2,881 | 25 |
| 1974 | #3,110 | 22 |
| 1973 | #3,342 | 19 |
| 1972 | #2,903 | 23 |
| 1971 | #2,736 | 26 |
| 1970 | #2,779 | 25 |
| 1969 | #2,350 | 30 |
| 1968 | #1,940 | 38 |
| 1967 | #2,079 | 32 |
| 1966 | #1,982 | 34 |
| 1965 | #2,538 | 23 |
| 1964 | #1,578 | 52 |
| 1963 | #1,981 | 35 |
| 1962 | #1,889 | 37 |
| 1961 | #1,627 | 48 |
| 1960 | #1,523 | 53 |
| 1959 | #1,370 | 61 |
| 1958 | #1,542 | 48 |
| 1957 | #1,301 | 66 |
| 1956 | #1,160 | 80 |
| 1955 | #1,139 | 77 |
| 1954 | #1,102 | 80 |
| 1953 | #897 | 110 |
| 1952 | #914 | 102 |
| 1951 | #794 | 125 |
| 1950 | #876 | 102 |
| 1949 | #807 | 116 |
| 1948 | #796 | 117 |
| 1947 | #848 | 107 |
| 1946 | #885 | 88 |
| 1945 | #954 | 65 |
| 1944 | #900 | 72 |
| 1943 | #1,113 | 52 |
| 1942 | #1,349 | 36 |
| 1941 | #1,151 | 42 |
| 1940 | #1,294 | 33 |
| 1939 | #1,265 | 34 |
| 1938 | #1,650 | 22 |
| 1937 | #1,330 | 30 |
| 1936 | #1,413 | 27 |
| 1935 | #1,197 | 35 |
| 1934 | #1,771 | 19 |
| 1933 | #1,835 | 18 |
| 1932 | #1,568 | 24 |
| 1931 | #1,459 | 26 |
| 1930 | #1,320 | 33 |
| 1929 | #1,195 | 39 |
| 1928 | #1,338 | 33 |
| 1927 | #1,261 | 39 |
| 1926 | #1,243 | 39 |
| 1925 | #1,609 | 27 |
| 1924 | #999 | 58 |
| 1923 | #922 | 63 |
| 1922 | #891 | 67 |
| 1921 | #813 | 81 |
| 1920 | #894 | 66 |
| 1919 | #870 | 65 |
| 1918 | #815 | 77 |
| 1917 | #807 | 73 |
| 1916 | #731 | 86 |
| 1915 | #632 | 108 |
| 1914 | #557 | 101 |
| 1913 | #1,020 | 28 |
| 1912 | #1,620 | 12 |
| 1911 | #1,171 | 15 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,369 | 10 |
| 1908 | #1,439 | 9 |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,420 | 8 |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 |
| 1903 | #1,318 | 8 |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 |
| 1901 | #1,067 | 10 |
| 1900 | #1,106 | 12 |
| 1899 | #1,278 | 7 |
| 1898 | #1,263 | 8 |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Kathlyn! It came in at #1,555, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1906–1907, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Kathlyn
- 2,036 spots since 2024 (#2,722 → #4,758)
- 5,492 spots since 2020 (#10,250 → #4,758)
- 1,075 spots since 2015 (#5,833 → #4,758)
- Biggest jump: 463 spots in 1914 (#1,020 → #557)
- Biggest drop: 610 spots in 1925 (#999 → #1,609)
- Debuted 1897
- Peaked 1914 at #557 (101 births)
- Births halved by 1925, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1914–1924
- Highest: 1 in 7,540 girls born in 1914 were named Kathlyn (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 57,402 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 16.5% of all girls named Kathlyn (851) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 20 | #1,263 (1898) | #1,365 |
| 1900s | 76 | #1,067 (1901) | #1,425 |
| 1910s | 565 | #557 (1914) | #914 |
| 1920s | 512 | #813 (1921) | #1,117 |
| 1930s | 268 | #1,197 (1935) | #1,481 |
| 1940s | 728 | #796 (1948) | #1,010 |
| 1950s | 851 | #794 (1951) | #1,110 |
| 1960s | 382 | #1,523 (1960) | #1,949 |
| 1970s | 223 | #2,736 (1971) | #3,198 |
| 1980s | 382 | #2,116 (1986) | #2,625 |
| 1990s | 489 | #1,855 (1992) | #2,692 |
| 2000s | 383 | #2,740 (2000) | #3,908 |
| 2010s | 152 | #5,833 (2015) | #7,771 |
| 2020s | 125 | #2,722 (2024) | #8,533 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Kathlyn in 1949
Top girls' names in 1949
More about 1949
girls
1,710,877 girls got a published name in 1949; 1 in 14,749 of them was named Kathlyn, which outranked 86.7% of the 6,066 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #804Evangelina117
- #804Kelly117
- #804Toby117
- #807Kathlyn116
- #807David116
- #807Fran116
- #807Martina116
- #813Carolina115
- #813Charlie115
- #813Danielle115
Tied with 5 names at #807; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.