Kathryn
#729 for girls in 2025, 381 births · Last seen for boys in 2009 at #10,994
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1951 · 8,460 births
- Debut · girls
- 204 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 104 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 455,423since 1880
Kathryn over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #729 | 381 | — | |
| 2024 | #714 | 393 | — | |
| 2023 | #678 | 432 | — | |
| 2022 | #655 | 452 | — | |
| 2021 | #589 | 510 | — | |
| 2020 | #525 | 574 | — | |
| 2019 | #483 | 651 | — | |
| 2018 | #452 | 699 | — | |
| 2017 | #426 | 748 | — | |
| 2016 | #396 | 839 | — | |
| 2015 | #318 | 1,021 | — | |
| 2014 | #292 | 1,118 | — | |
| 2013 | #270 | 1,184 | — | |
| 2012 | #264 | 1,230 | — | |
| 2011 | #235 | 1,339 | — | |
| 2010 | #230 | 1,370 | — | |
| 2009 | #213 | 1,520 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #190 | 1,782 | — | |
| 2007 | #163 | 2,216 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #143 | 2,420 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #125 | 2,579 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #122 | 2,757 | #4,602 | 18 |
| 2003 | #117 | 2,948 | — | |
| 2002 | #108 | 3,109 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #97 | 3,332 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #89 | 3,644 | — | |
| 1999 | #91 | 3,590 | — | |
| 1998 | #89 | 3,703 | — | |
| 1997 | #86 | 3,873 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #87 | 4,102 | — | |
| 1995 | #83 | 4,328 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #79 | 4,620 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #68 | 5,092 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #60 | 5,686 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #57 | 5,832 | #4,476 | 12 |
| 1990 | #57 | 6,353 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #58 | 6,294 | #1,919 | 38 |
| 1988 | #55 | 6,342 | #2,509 | 23 |
| 1987 | #51 | 6,238 | #2,215 | 26 |
| 1986 | #48 | 6,393 | #1,760 | 35 |
| 1985 | #48 | 6,634 | #1,975 | 29 |
| 1984 | #48 | 6,538 | #2,098 | 25 |
| 1983 | #50 | 6,370 | #1,748 | 32 |
| 1982 | #48 | 6,284 | #1,929 | 28 |
| 1981 | #48 | 5,823 | #2,496 | 19 |
| 1980 | #50 | 5,527 | #2,110 | 25 |
| 1979 | #50 | 5,312 | #2,236 | 22 |
| 1978 | #57 | 4,808 | #2,134 | 22 |
| 1977 | #70 | 3,964 | #3,037 | 13 |
| 1976 | #88 | 3,262 | #3,095 | 12 |
| 1975 | #99 | 2,947 | #3,659 | 9 |
| 1974 | #98 | 2,991 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #107 | 2,885 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #103 | 3,127 | #2,323 | 16 |
| 1971 | #111 | 3,419 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #104 | 3,719 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #104 | 3,617 | — | |
| 1968 | #100 | 3,561 | #2,311 | 13 |
| 1967 | #92 | 3,695 | — | |
| 1966 | #86 | 4,008 | #2,132 | 14 |
| 1965 | #87 | 4,157 | #2,617 | 10 |
| 1964 | #84 | 4,924 | #1,615 | 24 |
| 1963 | #93 | 4,701 | #2,115 | 15 |
| 1962 | #88 | 5,107 | #1,896 | 18 |
| 1961 | #93 | 5,226 | #2,242 | 14 |
| 1960 | #82 | 5,868 | #2,042 | 16 |
| 1959 | #69 | 6,746 | #1,916 | 18 |
| 1958 | #58 | 7,324 | #2,026 | 16 |
| 1957 | #65 | 7,211 | #1,887 | 18 |
| 1956 | #60 | 7,594 | #2,263 | 13 |
| 1955 | #59 | 7,640 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1954 | #51 | 8,137 | #2,942 | 8 |
| 1953 | #48 | 8,324 | #2,186 | 13 |
| 1952 | #48 | 8,504 | #2,153 | 13 |
| 1951 | #45 | 8,460 | #2,367 | 11 |
| 1950 | #46 | 7,863 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #52 | 7,184 | #2,225 | 12 |
| 1948 | #54 | 6,177 | #2,788 | 8 |
| 1947 | #55 | 6,091 | #2,671 | 9 |
| 1946 | #63 | 4,999 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #65 | 3,971 | #1,772 | 15 |
| 1944 | #68 | 3,855 | #2,467 | 9 |
| 1943 | #75 | 3,647 | #1,986 | 14 |
| 1942 | #82 | 3,350 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | #87 | 2,869 | #2,656 | 8 |
| 1940 | #103 | 2,438 | #2,179 | 11 |
| 1939 | #106 | 2,379 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | #113 | 2,282 | — | |
| 1937 | #108 | 2,326 | #2,332 | 10 |
| 1936 | #113 | 2,110 | #2,301 | 10 |
| 1935 | #111 | 2,127 | #2,246 | 11 |
| 1934 | #108 | 2,258 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #108 | 2,121 | #2,542 | 9 |
| 1932 | #107 | 2,263 | #2,191 | 12 |
| 1931 | #108 | 2,202 | #2,864 | 8 |
| 1930 | #101 | 2,515 | #2,079 | 14 |
| 1929 | #104 | 2,434 | #2,980 | 8 |
| 1928 | #99 | 2,681 | #3,697 | 6 |
| 1927 | #90 | 2,933 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | #87 | 3,094 | #2,725 | 10 |
| 1925 | #88 | 3,262 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #81 | 3,598 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #72 | 3,714 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | #73 | 3,792 | #3,532 | 7 |
| 1921 | #64 | 4,201 | #2,986 | 9 |
| 1920 | #67 | 4,082 | #2,602 | 11 |
| 1919 | #66 | 3,825 | #2,877 | 9 |
| 1918 | #63 | 4,068 | #2,699 | 10 |
| 1917 | #60 | 3,984 | #2,562 | 10 |
| 1916 | #60 | 3,933 | — | |
| 1915 | #60 | 3,778 | #2,458 | 10 |
| 1914 | #63 | 2,901 | — | |
| 1913 | #66 | 2,246 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | #71 | 1,905 | — | |
| 1911 | #73 | 1,397 | — | |
| 1910 | #80 | 1,198 | — | |
| 1909 | #74 | 1,138 | — | |
| 1908 | #77 | 1,058 | — | |
| 1907 | #88 | 864 | — | |
| 1906 | #78 | 911 | — | |
| 1905 | #86 | 788 | — | |
| 1904 | #83 | 787 | — | |
| 1903 | #86 | 729 | — | |
| 1902 | #87 | 717 | — | |
| 1901 | #90 | 620 | — | |
| 1900 | #93 | 721 | — | |
| 1899 | #87 | 621 | — | |
| 1898 | #89 | 671 | #885 | 7 |
| 1897 | #93 | 570 | — | |
| 1896 | #88 | 625 | — | |
| 1895 | #90 | 585 | — | |
| 1894 | #96 | 520 | — | |
| 1893 | #90 | 534 | — | |
| 1892 | #88 | 549 | — | |
| 1891 | #87 | 504 | — | |
| 1890 | #91 | 474 | — | |
| 1889 | #94 | 415 | — | |
| 1888 | #92 | 446 | — | |
| 1887 | #87 | 384 | — | |
| 1886 | #89 | 383 | — | |
| 1885 | #92 | 320 | — | |
| 1884 | #86 | 344 | — | |
| 1883 | #93 | 290 | — | |
| 1882 | #95 | 272 | — | |
| 1881 | #98 | 218 | — | |
| 1880 | #102 | 204 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Kathryn was already there! It came in at #102, and was given to 204 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 300 girls a year got the name.
See more about Kathryn
- 15 spots since 2024 (#714 → #729)
- 204 spots since 2020 (#525 → #729)
- 411 spots since 2015 (#318 → #729)
- Biggest jump: 18 spots in 1977 (#88 → #70)
- Biggest drop: 78 spots in 2016 (#318 → #396)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1951 at #45 (8,460 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 104 yrs · run 1881–1928
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 213 girls born in 1951 were named Kathryn (0.47%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,219 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 17.1% of all girls named Kathryn (77,803) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,276 | #86 (1884) | #93 |
| 1890s | 5,653 | #87 (1899) | #90 |
| 1900s | 8,333 | #74 (1909) | #84 |
| 1910s | 29,235 | #60 (1917) | #66 |
| 1920s | 33,791 | #64 (1921) | #83 |
| 1930s | 22,583 | #101 (1930) | #108 |
| 1940s | 44,581 | #52 (1949) | #70 |
| 1950s | 77,803 | #45 (1951) | #55 |
| 1960s | 44,864 | #82 (1960) | #91 |
| 1970s | 36,434 | #50 (1979) | #89 |
| 1980s | 62,443 | #48 (1985) | #50 |
| 1990s | 47,179 | #57 (1990) | #76 |
| 2000s | 26,307 | #89 (2000) | #137 |
| 2010s | 10,199 | #230 (2010) | #337 |
| 2020s | 2,742 | #525 (2020) | #648 |
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.
Kathryn in 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 285 of them was named Kathryn, which outranked 98.9% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 101,348 of them was named Kathryn, which outranked 43.9% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,543Wendelin11
- #2,543Zachary11
- #2,543Zygmund11
- #2,699Kathryn10
- #2,699Adams10
- #2,699Aldine10
- #2,699Alfonza10
- #2,882Abie9
- #2,882Adalberto9
- #2,882Adin9
Tied with 182 names at #2,699; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.