Kathern

Last seen for girls in 2006 at #17,168

Peak · girls
1886 · 9 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,323
since 1884

Kathern over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kathern has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201951peak #778, 1886girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2006#17,1685
2005#14,5026
2004—
2003—
2002#15,4325
2001—
2000—
1999#11,3857
1998#10,1228
1997—
1996#7,57411
1995—
1994#10,5697
1993#5,95515
1992#6,65213
1991#6,58813
1990#5,54916
1989#7,44910
1988#5,89513
1987#5,92312
1986#4,72416
1985#4,28218
1984#5,89911
1983#4,68615
1982#3,41824
1981#4,53216
1980#4,51716
1979#3,90319
1978#3,28323
1977#4,42515
1976#4,90512
1975#2,68028
1974#3,42619
1973#3,12221
1972#2,35631
1971#2,87424
1970#2,04340
1969#2,20833
1968#2,12632
1967#2,43225
1966#1,98234
1965#2,15430
1964#1,94737
1963#1,95236
1962#1,85838
1961#1,74243
1960#1,78940
1959#1,53750
1958#1,33363
1957#1,33263
1956#1,26068
1955#1,10681
1954#99496
1953#1,11276
1952#1,05580
1951#98889
1950#1,04177
1949#1,14463
1948#1,25053
1947#1,19357
1946#1,25747
1945#1,23242
1944#1,20543
1943#1,12451
1942#1,16246
1941#1,03050
1940#99751
1939#1,03947
1938#95555
1937#96452
1936#1,03945
1935#1,13538
1934#1,14838
1933#95751
1932#1,09742
1931#1,01048
1930#1,05249
1929#1,28234
1928#1,73823
1927#1,10847
1926#1,18142
1925#1,25239
1924#1,25840
1923#1,03753
1922#1,12446
1921#96459
1920#1,23339
1919#1,24237
1918#1,33333
1917#1,47026
1916#1,58123
1915#1,15335
1914#1,44420
1913#1,67013
1912#1,25218
1911#1,45011
1910#1,42111
1909#1,29011
1908#1,5478
1907#1,3849
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1905#1,16211
1904#1,09211
1903#1,7925
1902#1,4387
1901#1,6795
1900#1,3199
1899#1,0999
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1895—
1894#1,4855
1893#95510
1892—
1891—
1890#1,3385
1889—
1888—
1887—
1886#7789
1885#9216
1884#9306
1883—
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1881—
1880—
First appearance
1884

The first year at least five girls were named Kathern! It came in at #930, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1887–1892, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Kathern is popular in 1951

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedMNIllinois: #727 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 15,313 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,034 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 20,153 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedMOKentucky: #446 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,654 girlsKYWest Virginia: #307 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,866 girlsWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Kathern, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. West Virginia#307 · 1 in 2,866
  2. Kentucky#446 · 1 in 5,654
  3. Illinois#727 · 1 in 15,313
  4. California#1,034 · 1 in 20,153

Best ever in a state: #257 in West Virginia, 1950.

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Kentucky#44661 in 5,654
Illinois#72761 in 15,313
California#1,03461 in 20,153
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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 Kathern
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2006
  • Biggest jump: 269 spots in 1921 (#1,233 → #964)
  • Biggest drop: 530 spots in 1894 (#955 → #1,485)
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1886 at #778 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1884–1886
Share of babies · girls
1 in 16,059
  • Highest: 1 in 16,059 girls born in 1886 were named Kathern (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 380,242 girls born in 2006 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 22.4% of all girls named Kathern (743) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s21#778 (1886)#876
1890s29#955 (1893)#1,219
1900s76#1,092 (1904)#1,411
1910s227#1,153 (1915)#1,402
1920s422#964 (1921)#1,218
1930s465#955 (1938)#1,040
1940s503#997 (1940)#1,159
1950s743#988 (1951)#1,176
1960s348#1,742 (1961)#2,019
1970s232#2,043 (1970)#3,302
1980s151#3,418 (1982)#5,133
1990s90#5,549 (1990)#8,049
2000s16#14,502 (2005)#15,701

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.

Kathern in 1951

girls
#988
89 births · 1 in 20,234 girls

Top girls' names in 1951

  1. #1Linda73,982
  2. #2Mary65,721
  3. #3Patricia56,446
  4. #4Deborah42,053
  5. #5Barbara40,617
  6. #6Susan40,228
  7. #7Nancy30,346
  8. #8Karen27,998
  9. #9Sandra27,665
  10. #10Kathleen26,716
  11. #988Kathern89
More about 1951

girls

1,800,859 girls got a published name in 1951; 1 in 20,234 of them was named Kathern, which outranked 84.1% of the 6,213 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kathern
  1. #982Noel90
  2. #982Thomas90
  3. #982Tonia90
  4. #988Kathern89
  5. #988Allyn89
  6. #988Flossie89
  7. #988Gerri89
  8. #996Bernita88
  9. #996Brinda88
  10. #996Christa88

Tied with 7 names at #988; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. ↑ 345Rhona#1,333 → #988
  2. ↑ 307Bobbi#1,153 → #846
  3. ↑ 296Ricki#1,090 → #794
  4. ↑ 295Mindy#771 → #476
  5. ↑ 288Sharleen#1,053 → #765
Fallers
  1. ↓ 395Sharman#668 → #1,063
  2. ↓ 343Manuela#773 → #1,116
  3. ↓ 294Allie#945 → #1,239
  4. ↓ 253Merrie#937 → #1,190
  5. ↓ 252Olive#891 → #1,143

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1951 →