Kathaleen
Last seen for girls in 2008 at #17,504
- Peak · girls
- 1952 · 143 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,136since 1902
Kathaleen over time
Rank among girls' names. Kathaleen has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 |
| 1994 | #5,249 | 18 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 |
| 1992 | #5,718 | 16 |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 |
| 1984 | #3,726 | 21 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 |
| 1982 | #4,527 | 16 |
| 1981 | #3,532 | 23 |
| 1980 | #4,327 | 17 |
| 1979 | #4,231 | 17 |
| 1978 | #3,777 | 19 |
| 1977 | #3,761 | 19 |
| 1976 | #3,002 | 24 |
| 1975 | #3,259 | 21 |
| 1974 | #3,212 | 21 |
| 1973 | #2,914 | 23 |
| 1972 | #2,398 | 30 |
| 1971 | #2,175 | 37 |
| 1970 | #2,203 | 36 |
| 1969 | #2,134 | 35 |
| 1968 | #1,406 | 64 |
| 1967 | #1,848 | 40 |
| 1966 | #1,396 | 62 |
| 1965 | #1,379 | 64 |
| 1964 | #1,518 | 56 |
| 1963 | #1,435 | 60 |
| 1962 | #1,234 | 79 |
| 1961 | #1,224 | 81 |
| 1960 | #1,199 | 82 |
| 1959 | #1,214 | 77 |
| 1958 | #1,003 | 107 |
| 1957 | #1,153 | 84 |
| 1956 | #1,116 | 85 |
| 1955 | #978 | 104 |
| 1954 | #965 | 101 |
| 1953 | #883 | 114 |
| 1952 | #741 | 143 |
| 1951 | #902 | 102 |
| 1950 | #745 | 133 |
| 1949 | #753 | 130 |
| 1948 | #810 | 114 |
| 1947 | #958 | 86 |
| 1946 | #985 | 72 |
| 1945 | #994 | 60 |
| 1944 | #893 | 73 |
| 1943 | #965 | 67 |
| 1942 | #897 | 76 |
| 1941 | #1,151 | 42 |
| 1940 | #1,132 | 41 |
| 1939 | #1,160 | 39 |
| 1938 | #1,219 | 36 |
| 1937 | #1,180 | 37 |
| 1936 | #1,593 | 22 |
| 1935 | #1,182 | 36 |
| 1934 | #1,344 | 29 |
| 1933 | #1,179 | 36 |
| 1932 | #1,097 | 42 |
| 1931 | #1,175 | 37 |
| 1930 | #1,289 | 34 |
| 1929 | #1,257 | 35 |
| 1928 | #1,147 | 44 |
| 1927 | #1,057 | 53 |
| 1926 | #1,243 | 39 |
| 1925 | #1,050 | 52 |
| 1924 | #1,114 | 49 |
| 1923 | #976 | 58 |
| 1922 | #1,044 | 52 |
| 1921 | #1,057 | 51 |
| 1920 | #1,062 | 49 |
| 1919 | #1,017 | 50 |
| 1918 | #1,153 | 42 |
| 1917 | #1,040 | 46 |
| 1916 | #1,043 | 44 |
| 1915 | #990 | 45 |
| 1914 | #1,175 | 27 |
| 1913 | #1,274 | 20 |
| 1912 | #1,252 | 18 |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 |
| 1910 | #1,335 | 12 |
| 1909 | #1,219 | 12 |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 |
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| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Kathaleen! It came in at #1,793, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1902–1905, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kathaleen is popular in 1952
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oregon#353 · 1 in 3,320
- Iowa#369 · 1 in 4,740
- Maryland#401 · 1 in 5,211
- Washington#428 · 1 in 4,567
- Indiana#453 · 1 in 6,655
Best ever in a state: #318 in Massachusetts, 1949.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | #353 | 5 | 1 in 3,320 |
| Iowa | #369 | 6 | 1 in 4,740 |
| Maryland | #401 | 5 | 1 in 5,211 |
| Washington | #428 | 6 | 1 in 4,567 |
| Indiana | #453 | 7 | 1 in 6,655 |
| Pennsylvania | #526 | 12 | 1 in 9,256 |
| Missouri | #534 | 5 | 1 in 8,266 |
| Illinois | #646 | 8 | 1 in 11,751 |
| Michigan | #667 | 6 | 1 in 13,468 |
| Ohio | #711 | 6 | 1 in 15,832 |
| New York | #747 | 10 | 1 in 15,444 |
| California | #851 | 9 | 1 in 14,594 |
| Texas | #943 | 7 | 1 in 15,220 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Kathaleen
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
- Biggest jump: 254 spots in 1942 (#1,151 → #897)
- Biggest drop: 157 spots in 1951 (#745 → #902)
- Debuted 1902
- Peaked 1952 at #741 (143 births)
- Births halved by 1963, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1942–1955
- Highest: 1 in 12,880 girls born in 1950 were named Kathaleen (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 378,188 girls born in 2008 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #741 in 1952, was only 1 in 12,967 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 25.4% of all girls named Kathaleen (1,050) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 41 | #1,219 (1909) | #1,652 |
| 1910s | 313 | #990 (1915) | #1,194 |
| 1920s | 482 | #976 (1923) | #1,101 |
| 1930s | 348 | #1,097 (1932) | #1,242 |
| 1940s | 761 | #753 (1949) | #954 |
| 1950s | 1,050 | #741 (1952) | #970 |
| 1960s | 623 | #1,199 (1960) | #1,477 |
| 1970s | 247 | #2,175 (1971) | #3,093 |
| 1980s | 147 | #3,532 (1981) | #5,320 |
| 1990s | 89 | #5,249 (1994) | #9,044 |
| 2000s | 35 | #8,758 (2001) | #13,769 |
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.
Kathaleen in 1952
Top girls' names in 1952
More about 1952
girls
1,854,335 girls got a published name in 1952; 1 in 12,967 of them was named Kathaleen, which outranked 88.4% of the 6,389 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).