Kathlene
Last seen for girls in 2014 at #11,931
- Peak · girls
- 1950 · 120 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,500since 1913
Kathlene over time
Rank among girls' names. Kathlene 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 | — | |
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| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 |
| 1998 | #6,073 | 16 |
| 1997 | #4,508 | 23 |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 |
| 1995 | #5,439 | 17 |
| 1994 | #5,249 | 18 |
| 1993 | #3,987 | 26 |
| 1992 | #4,382 | 23 |
| 1991 | #3,817 | 27 |
| 1990 | #4,523 | 21 |
| 1989 | #3,253 | 32 |
| 1988 | #3,225 | 30 |
| 1987 | #3,743 | 23 |
| 1986 | #3,459 | 25 |
| 1985 | #3,008 | 30 |
| 1984 | #2,992 | 29 |
| 1983 | #2,198 | 44 |
| 1982 | #2,704 | 34 |
| 1981 | #2,657 | 34 |
| 1980 | #2,651 | 35 |
| 1979 | #2,304 | 41 |
| 1978 | #2,680 | 31 |
| 1977 | #2,341 | 38 |
| 1976 | #2,439 | 33 |
| 1975 | #2,411 | 33 |
| 1974 | #2,172 | 37 |
| 1973 | #2,506 | 29 |
| 1972 | #1,404 | 70 |
| 1971 | #1,575 | 61 |
| 1970 | #1,706 | 54 |
| 1969 | #1,402 | 68 |
| 1968 | #1,347 | 68 |
| 1967 | #1,239 | 74 |
| 1966 | #1,273 | 72 |
| 1965 | #1,292 | 70 |
| 1964 | #1,229 | 80 |
| 1963 | #1,184 | 85 |
| 1962 | #1,283 | 74 |
| 1961 | #1,243 | 79 |
| 1960 | #1,312 | 70 |
| 1959 | #1,225 | 76 |
| 1958 | #1,143 | 86 |
| 1957 | #1,124 | 87 |
| 1956 | #1,176 | 78 |
| 1955 | #1,112 | 80 |
| 1954 | #1,197 | 70 |
| 1953 | #1,009 | 91 |
| 1952 | #954 | 96 |
| 1951 | #970 | 92 |
| 1950 | #792 | 120 |
| 1949 | #963 | 86 |
| 1948 | #987 | 78 |
| 1947 | #1,068 | 69 |
| 1946 | #1,318 | 43 |
| 1945 | #1,060 | 54 |
| 1944 | #1,205 | 43 |
| 1943 | #1,251 | 42 |
| 1942 | #1,592 | 27 |
| 1941 | #1,472 | 28 |
| 1940 | #1,792 | 20 |
| 1939 | #1,881 | 18 |
| 1938 | #1,945 | 17 |
| 1937 | #1,630 | 22 |
| 1936 | #1,593 | 22 |
| 1935 | #1,606 | 22 |
| 1934 | #1,771 | 19 |
| 1933 | #2,275 | 13 |
| 1932 | #2,037 | 16 |
| 1931 | #2,105 | 15 |
| 1930 | #2,202 | 15 |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 |
| 1928 | #2,954 | 10 |
| 1927 | #2,699 | 12 |
| 1926 | #2,257 | 16 |
| 1925 | #2,617 | 13 |
| 1924 | #2,973 | 11 |
| 1923 | #2,366 | 15 |
| 1922 | #2,387 | 15 |
| 1921 | #2,120 | 18 |
| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 |
| 1919 | #3,219 | 9 |
| 1918 | #2,674 | 12 |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 |
| 1916 | #2,833 | 10 |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kathlene! It came in at #3,187, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2008–2013, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kathlene is popular in 1948
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Michigan#521 · 1 in 8,690
- Illinois#649 · 1 in 11,969
- Ohio#732 · 1 in 17,004
- California#820 · 1 in 13,928
- New York#894 · 1 in 23,561
Best ever in a state: #262 in Utah, 1951.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | #521 | 8 | 1 in 8,690 |
| Illinois | #649 | 7 | 1 in 11,969 |
| Ohio | #732 | 5 | 1 in 17,004 |
| California | #820 | 8 | 1 in 13,928 |
| New York | #894 | 6 | 1 in 23,561 |
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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 Kathlene
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2014
- Biggest jump: 171 spots in 1950 (#963 → #792)
- Biggest drop: 178 spots in 1951 (#792 → #970)
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1950 at #792 (120 births)
- Births halved by 1970, 20 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1948–1952
- Highest: 1 in 14,275 girls born in 1950 were named Kathlene (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 223,294 girls born in 2014 (0.00%)
- 25.0% of all girls named Kathlene (876) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 59 | #2,674 (1918) | #3,080 |
| 1920s | 130 | #2,120 (1921) | #2,639 |
| 1930s | 179 | #1,593 (1936) | #1,905 |
| 1940s | 490 | #963 (1949) | #1,271 |
| 1950s | 876 | #792 (1950) | #1,070 |
| 1960s | 740 | #1,184 (1963) | #1,280 |
| 1970s | 427 | #1,404 (1972) | #2,154 |
| 1980s | 316 | #2,198 (1983) | #2,989 |
| 1990s | 197 | #3,817 (1991) | #5,227 |
| 2000s | 78 | #6,808 (2000) | #11,987 |
| 2010s | 8 | #11,931 (2014) | #11,931 |
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.
Kathlene in 1948
Top girls' names in 1948
More about 1948
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1,697,908 girls got a published name in 1948; 1 in 21,768 of them was named Kathlene, which outranked 83.7% of the 6,040 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #977Lyndia79
- #977Maribeth79
- #977Maudie79
- #987Kathlene78
- #987Birdie78
- #987Georgetta78
- #987Nila78
- #993Blanca77
- #993Emilia77
- #993Fonda77
Tied with 5 names at #987; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.