Kathlyn

Where Kathlyn comes from

Kathlyn hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1879
    Kathlyn Williams born
    American actress
  2. 1892
    Kathlyn Hilliard born
    Scottish singer
  3. 1897
    First appearance
    #1,555 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1914
    Peak, #557
    101 babies named Kathlyn — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1925
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,609.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Kathlyn Williams · American actress, 1879–1960
  • Kathlyn Hilliard · Scottish singer, 1892–1933

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.