Kathern
Last seen for girls in 2006 at #17,168
- Peak · girls
- 1886 · 9 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,323since 1884
Kathern over time
Rank among girls' names. Kathern 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 | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
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| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 |
| 1993 | #5,955 | 15 |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 |
| 1985 | #4,282 | 18 |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 |
| 1983 | #4,686 | 15 |
| 1982 | #3,418 | 24 |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 |
| 1979 | #3,903 | 19 |
| 1978 | #3,283 | 23 |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 |
| 1975 | #2,680 | 28 |
| 1974 | #3,426 | 19 |
| 1973 | #3,122 | 21 |
| 1972 | #2,356 | 31 |
| 1971 | #2,874 | 24 |
| 1970 | #2,043 | 40 |
| 1969 | #2,208 | 33 |
| 1968 | #2,126 | 32 |
| 1967 | #2,432 | 25 |
| 1966 | #1,982 | 34 |
| 1965 | #2,154 | 30 |
| 1964 | #1,947 | 37 |
| 1963 | #1,952 | 36 |
| 1962 | #1,858 | 38 |
| 1961 | #1,742 | 43 |
| 1960 | #1,789 | 40 |
| 1959 | #1,537 | 50 |
| 1958 | #1,333 | 63 |
| 1957 | #1,332 | 63 |
| 1956 | #1,260 | 68 |
| 1955 | #1,106 | 81 |
| 1954 | #994 | 96 |
| 1953 | #1,112 | 76 |
| 1952 | #1,055 | 80 |
| 1951 | #988 | 89 |
| 1950 | #1,041 | 77 |
| 1949 | #1,144 | 63 |
| 1948 | #1,250 | 53 |
| 1947 | #1,193 | 57 |
| 1946 | #1,257 | 47 |
| 1945 | #1,232 | 42 |
| 1944 | #1,205 | 43 |
| 1943 | #1,124 | 51 |
| 1942 | #1,162 | 46 |
| 1941 | #1,030 | 50 |
| 1940 | #997 | 51 |
| 1939 | #1,039 | 47 |
| 1938 | #955 | 55 |
| 1937 | #964 | 52 |
| 1936 | #1,039 | 45 |
| 1935 | #1,135 | 38 |
| 1934 | #1,148 | 38 |
| 1933 | #957 | 51 |
| 1932 | #1,097 | 42 |
| 1931 | #1,010 | 48 |
| 1930 | #1,052 | 49 |
| 1929 | #1,282 | 34 |
| 1928 | #1,738 | 23 |
| 1927 | #1,108 | 47 |
| 1926 | #1,181 | 42 |
| 1925 | #1,252 | 39 |
| 1924 | #1,258 | 40 |
| 1923 | #1,037 | 53 |
| 1922 | #1,124 | 46 |
| 1921 | #964 | 59 |
| 1920 | #1,233 | 39 |
| 1919 | #1,242 | 37 |
| 1918 | #1,333 | 33 |
| 1917 | #1,470 | 26 |
| 1916 | #1,581 | 23 |
| 1915 | #1,153 | 35 |
| 1914 | #1,444 | 20 |
| 1913 | #1,670 | 13 |
| 1912 | #1,252 | 18 |
| 1911 | #1,450 | 11 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 |
| 1909 | #1,290 | 11 |
| 1908 | #1,547 | 8 |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,162 | 11 |
| 1904 | #1,092 | 11 |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 |
| 1902 | #1,438 | 7 |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 |
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 |
| 1899 | #1,099 | 9 |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 |
| 1893 | #955 | 10 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #778 | 9 |
| 1885 | #921 | 6 |
| 1884 | #930 | 6 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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
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- West Virginia#307 · 1 in 2,866
- Kentucky#446 · 1 in 5,654
- Illinois#727 · 1 in 15,313
- California#1,034 · 1 in 20,153
Best ever in a state: #257 in West Virginia, 1950.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| West Virginia | #307 | 8 | 1 in 2,866 |
| Kentucky | #446 | 6 | 1 in 5,654 |
| Illinois | #727 | 6 | 1 in 15,313 |
| California | #1,034 | 6 | 1 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
- 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)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1886 at #778 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1884–1886
- 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%)
- 22.4% of all girls named Kathern (743) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 21 | #778 (1886) | #876 |
| 1890s | 29 | #955 (1893) | #1,219 |
| 1900s | 76 | #1,092 (1904) | #1,411 |
| 1910s | 227 | #1,153 (1915) | #1,402 |
| 1920s | 422 | #964 (1921) | #1,218 |
| 1930s | 465 | #955 (1938) | #1,040 |
| 1940s | 503 | #997 (1940) | #1,159 |
| 1950s | 743 | #988 (1951) | #1,176 |
| 1960s | 348 | #1,742 (1961) | #2,019 |
| 1970s | 232 | #2,043 (1970) | #3,302 |
| 1980s | 151 | #3,418 (1982) | #5,133 |
| 1990s | 90 | #5,549 (1990) | #8,049 |
| 2000s | 16 | #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
Top girls' names in 1951
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).