Kathlene

Last seen for girls in 2014 at #11,931

Peak · girls
1950 · 120 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,500
since 1913

Kathlene over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201950peak #792, 1950girls
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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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2014#11,9318
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2009#17,2945
2008—
2007#15,4916
2006#17,1685
2005#11,8348
2004#9,26411
2003#10,4259
2002#10,2469
2001#9,35110
2000#6,80815
1999#8,22311
1998#6,07316
1997#4,50823
1996#6,06415
1995#5,43917
1994#5,24918
1993#3,98726
1992#4,38223
1991#3,81727
1990#4,52321
1989#3,25332
1988#3,22530
1987#3,74323
1986#3,45925
1985#3,00830
1984#2,99229
1983#2,19844
1982#2,70434
1981#2,65734
1980#2,65135
1979#2,30441
1978#2,68031
1977#2,34138
1976#2,43933
1975#2,41133
1974#2,17237
1973#2,50629
1972#1,40470
1971#1,57561
1970#1,70654
1969#1,40268
1968#1,34768
1967#1,23974
1966#1,27372
1965#1,29270
1964#1,22980
1963#1,18485
1962#1,28374
1961#1,24379
1960#1,31270
1959#1,22576
1958#1,14386
1957#1,12487
1956#1,17678
1955#1,11280
1954#1,19770
1953#1,00991
1952#95496
1951#97092
1950#792120
1949#96386
1948#98778
1947#1,06869
1946#1,31843
1945#1,06054
1944#1,20543
1943#1,25142
1942#1,59227
1941#1,47228
1940#1,79220
1939#1,88118
1938#1,94517
1937#1,63022
1936#1,59322
1935#1,60622
1934#1,77119
1933#2,27513
1932#2,03716
1931#2,10515
1930#2,20215
1929#2,92110
1928#2,95410
1927#2,69912
1926#2,25716
1925#2,61713
1924#2,97311
1923#2,36615
1922#2,38715
1921#2,12018
1920#3,09710
1919#3,2199
1918#2,67412
1917#3,3448
1916#2,83310
1915#2,68810
1914#3,6185
1913#3,1875
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First appearance
1913

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 1950

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kathlene, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kathlene, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kathlene, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kathlene, so not publishedNHWashington: #443 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,945 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kathlene, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kathlene, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kathlene, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Kathlene, so not publishedMNIllinois: #801 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 17,394 girlsILWisconsin: #436 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,369 girlsWIMichigan: #643 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 12,200 girlsMINew York: #918 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 23,804 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Kathlene, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kathlene, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Kathlene, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kathlene, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kathlene, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kathlene, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Kathlene, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kathlene, so not publishedINOhio: #572 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 10,643 girlsOHPennsylvania: #615 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 12,781 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Kathlene, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kathlene, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #494 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 5,677 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kathlene, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Kathlene, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kathlene, so not publishedNEMissouri: #528 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,872 girlsMOKentucky: #451 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,591 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kathlene, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kathlene, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Kathlene, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kathlene, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Kathlene, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kathlene, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kathlene, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kathlene, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Kathlene, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kathlene, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kathlene, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kathlene, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Kathlene, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kathlene, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kathlene, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Kathlene, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Kathlene, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kathlene, so not publishedHITexas: #880 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 13,672 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Kathlene, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Wisconsin#436 · 1 in 7,369
  2. Washington#443 · 1 in 4,945
  3. Kentucky#451 · 1 in 5,591
  4. California#494 · 1 in 5,677
  5. Missouri#528 · 1 in 7,872

Best ever in a state: #262 in Utah, 1951.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wisconsin#43651 in 7,369
Washington#44351 in 4,945
Kentucky#45161 in 5,591
California#494201 in 5,677
Missouri#52851 in 7,872
Ohio#57281 in 10,643
Pennsylvania#61581 in 12,781
Michigan#64361 in 12,200
Illinois#80151 in 17,394
Texas#88071 in 13,672
New York#91861 in 23,804
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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
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2014
  • Biggest jump: 171 spots in 1950 (#963 → #792)
  • Biggest drop: 178 spots in 1951 (#792 → #970)
Rise & fade · girls
37 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1913
  • Peaked 1950 at #792 (120 births)
  • Births halved by 1970, 20 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1948–1952
Share of babies · girls
1 in 14,275
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 25.0% of all girls named Kathlene (876) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s59#2,674 (1918)#3,080
1920s130#2,120 (1921)#2,639
1930s179#1,593 (1936)#1,905
1940s490#963 (1949)#1,271
1950s876#792 (1950)#1,070
1960s740#1,184 (1963)#1,280
1970s427#1,404 (1972)#2,154
1980s316#2,198 (1983)#2,989
1990s197#3,817 (1991)#5,227
2000s78#6,808 (2000)#11,987
2010s8#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 1950

girls
#792
120 births · 1 in 14,275 girls

Top girls' names in 1950

  1. #1Linda80,433
  2. #2Mary65,481
  3. #3Patricia47,944
  4. #4Barbara41,556
  5. #5Susan38,017
  6. #6Nancy29,617
  7. #7Deborah29,063
  8. #8Sandra28,896
  9. #9Carol26,163
  10. #10Kathleen25,706
  11. #792Kathlene120
More about 1950

girls

1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 14,275 of them was named Kathlene, which outranked 87.0% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kathlene
  1. #785Justine122
  2. #790Bennie121
  3. #790Judie121
  4. #792Kathlene120
  5. #792Zelma120
  6. #794Georgene119
  7. #794Libby119
  8. #794Pattie119

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1949
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,242Mindy#2,013 → #771
  2. ↑ 649Geralyn#1,627 → #978
  3. ↑ 636Kyle#1,512 → #876
  4. ↑ 416Debrah#1,109 → #693
  5. ↑ 405Debbra#1,353 → #948
Fallers
  1. ↓ 241Luana#823 → #1,064
  2. ↓ 231Christene#930 → #1,161
  3. ↓ 216Pearline#785 → #1,001
  4. ↓ 210Ingrid#518 → #728
  5. ↓ 201Dayle#982 → #1,183

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

See the top 100 for 1950 →