Kathren

Peak · girls
1956 · 26 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
947
since 1915

Kathren over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kathren has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,151, 1956girls
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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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rankbirths
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2012#14,9626
2011—
2010#16,9925
2009—
2008—
2007#13,9247
2006#8,23714
2005—
2004#8,71612
2003#9,67110
2002#7,81613
2001#8,19612
2000#8,53411
1999—
1998#10,1228
1997#8,33410
1996#9,5818
1995#8,07910
1994#6,67213
1993#7,03812
1992#5,71816
1991#5,18118
1990#6,46513
1989#6,53112
1988#5,59814
1987#5,92312
1986#9,5456
1985#5,34813
1984#4,96614
1983#6,21210
1982#7,4698
1981#4,16218
1980#4,97814
1979#6,6969
1978#6,3859
1977#5,88810
1976#9,2845
1975#5,9849
1974#4,72012
1973#6,6667
1972#4,79311
1971#4,53412
1970#4,03814
1969#3,01220
1968#4,00012
1967#3,21116
1966#3,74012
1965#3,54913
1964#3,69213
1963#2,96018
1962#4,26310
1961#3,60813
1960#3,92011
1959#4,03110
1958#3,74711
1957#3,15014
1956#2,15126
1955#2,55319
1954#2,77916
1953#2,51618
1952#2,32720
1951#2,47417
1950#2,65215
1949#2,27419
1948#3,35010
1947#2,44817
1946#3,4309
1945#2,45813
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1942#3,4448
1941#3,5597
1940#2,73710
1939—
1938#2,9409
1937#3,4347
1936#3,3767
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1934#3,1598
1933#4,2185
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1930#3,6587
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1927#3,8757
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1925#2,48914
1924#3,6658
1923#3,6418
1922#3,3799
1921#2,37815
1920#3,3409
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1918#3,8697
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1916#4,4175
1915#3,1348
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First appearance
1915

The first year at least five girls were named Kathren! It came in at #3,134, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1916–1917, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Kathren is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Kathren in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Kathren
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
Rise & fade · girls
41 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 1956 at #2,151 (26 births)
  • Births halved by 1958, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 77,219
  • Highest: 1 in 77,219 girls born in 1956 were named Kathren (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 293,509 girls born in 2012 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 17.5% of all girls named Kathren (166) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s20#3,134 (1915)#3,807
1920s70#2,378 (1921)#3,252
1930s43#2,940 (1938)#3,464
1940s93#2,274 (1949)#2,963
1950s166#2,151 (1956)#2,838
1960s138#2,960 (1963)#3,596
1970s98#4,038 (1970)#5,899
1980s121#4,162 (1981)#6,073
1990s108#5,181 (1991)#7,466
2000s79#7,816 (2002)#9,299
2010s11#14,962 (2012)#15,977

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.

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