Katheleen
- Last seen for girls in 2008 at #17,504
- Peak · girls
- 1952 · 33 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,230since 1909
Katheleen over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Katheleen has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 |
| 1969 | #3,102 | 19 |
| 1968 | #3,315 | 16 |
| 1967 | #3,845 | 12 |
| 1966 | #3,040 | 17 |
| 1965 | #2,938 | 18 |
| 1964 | #2,915 | 19 |
| 1963 | #2,619 | 22 |
| 1962 | #2,605 | 22 |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 |
| 1960 | #3,212 | 15 |
| 1959 | #2,395 | 23 |
| 1958 | #2,073 | 29 |
| 1957 | #2,218 | 25 |
| 1956 | #2,249 | 24 |
| 1955 | #1,978 | 29 |
| 1954 | #1,909 | 30 |
| 1953 | #1,783 | 31 |
| 1952 | #1,713 | 33 |
| 1951 | #2,116 | 22 |
| 1950 | #2,121 | 21 |
| 1949 | #2,134 | 21 |
| 1948 | #2,329 | 18 |
| 1947 | #2,045 | 23 |
| 1946 | #2,880 | 12 |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 |
| 1944 | #2,401 | 14 |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 |
| 1942 | #2,311 | 15 |
| 1941 | #2,018 | 17 |
| 1940 | #2,109 | 15 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 |
| 1935 | #1,845 | 18 |
| 1934 | #2,424 | 12 |
| 1933 | #2,540 | 11 |
| 1932 | #2,037 | 16 |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 |
| 1930 | #2,552 | 12 |
| 1929 | #1,892 | 19 |
| 1928 | #1,961 | 19 |
| 1927 | #1,885 | 21 |
| 1926 | #2,257 | 16 |
| 1925 | #2,018 | 19 |
| 1924 | #2,973 | 11 |
| 1923 | #2,169 | 17 |
| 1922 | #2,027 | 19 |
| 1921 | #2,509 | 14 |
| 1920 | #2,079 | 18 |
| 1919 | #1,921 | 19 |
| 1918 | #2,376 | 14 |
| 1917 | #2,428 | 13 |
| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 |
| 1914 | #2,434 | 9 |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
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| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1909
The first year at least five girls were named Katheleen! It came in at #1,957, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1910–1912, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Katheleen is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Katheleen in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Katheleen
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
Rise & fade · girls
43 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1909
- Peaked 1952 at #1,713 (33 births)
- Births halved by 1960, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 56,192
- Highest: 1 in 56,192 girls born in 1952 were named Katheleen (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 378,188 girls born in 2008 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 21.7% of all girls named Katheleen (267) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 6 | #1,957 (1909) | #1,957 |
| 1910s | 81 | #1,921 (1919) | #2,491 |
| 1920s | 173 | #1,885 (1927) | #2,177 |
| 1930s | 122 | #1,845 (1935) | #2,511 |
| 1940s | 154 | #2,018 (1941) | #2,446 |
| 1950s | 267 | #1,713 (1952) | #2,056 |
| 1960s | 177 | #2,605 (1962) | #3,065 |
| 1970s | 79 | #4,761 (1970) | #6,164 |
| 1980s | 72 | #5,188 (1986) | #7,278 |
| 1990s | 70 | #7,430 (1991) | #11,013 |
| 2000s | 29 | #12,761 (2004) | #15,074 |
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.
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