Kathryn
#729 for girls in 2025, 381 births · Last seen for boys in 2009 at #10,994
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1951 · 8,460 births
- Debut · girls
- 204 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 104 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 455,423since 1880
Kathryn over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #729 | 381 | — | |
| 2024 | #714 | 393 | — | |
| 2023 | #678 | 432 | — | |
| 2022 | #655 | 452 | — | |
| 2021 | #589 | 510 | — | |
| 2020 | #525 | 574 | — | |
| 2019 | #483 | 651 | — | |
| 2018 | #452 | 699 | — | |
| 2017 | #426 | 748 | — | |
| 2016 | #396 | 839 | — | |
| 2015 | #318 | 1,021 | — | |
| 2014 | #292 | 1,118 | — | |
| 2013 | #270 | 1,184 | — | |
| 2012 | #264 | 1,230 | — | |
| 2011 | #235 | 1,339 | — | |
| 2010 | #230 | 1,370 | — | |
| 2009 | #213 | 1,520 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #190 | 1,782 | — | |
| 2007 | #163 | 2,216 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #143 | 2,420 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #125 | 2,579 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #122 | 2,757 | #4,602 | 18 |
| 2003 | #117 | 2,948 | — | |
| 2002 | #108 | 3,109 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #97 | 3,332 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #89 | 3,644 | — | |
| 1999 | #91 | 3,590 | — | |
| 1998 | #89 | 3,703 | — | |
| 1997 | #86 | 3,873 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #87 | 4,102 | — | |
| 1995 | #83 | 4,328 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #79 | 4,620 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #68 | 5,092 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #60 | 5,686 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #57 | 5,832 | #4,476 | 12 |
| 1990 | #57 | 6,353 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #58 | 6,294 | #1,919 | 38 |
| 1988 | #55 | 6,342 | #2,509 | 23 |
| 1987 | #51 | 6,238 | #2,215 | 26 |
| 1986 | #48 | 6,393 | #1,760 | 35 |
| 1985 | #48 | 6,634 | #1,975 | 29 |
| 1984 | #48 | 6,538 | #2,098 | 25 |
| 1983 | #50 | 6,370 | #1,748 | 32 |
| 1982 | #48 | 6,284 | #1,929 | 28 |
| 1981 | #48 | 5,823 | #2,496 | 19 |
| 1980 | #50 | 5,527 | #2,110 | 25 |
| 1979 | #50 | 5,312 | #2,236 | 22 |
| 1978 | #57 | 4,808 | #2,134 | 22 |
| 1977 | #70 | 3,964 | #3,037 | 13 |
| 1976 | #88 | 3,262 | #3,095 | 12 |
| 1975 | #99 | 2,947 | #3,659 | 9 |
| 1974 | #98 | 2,991 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #107 | 2,885 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #103 | 3,127 | #2,323 | 16 |
| 1971 | #111 | 3,419 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #104 | 3,719 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #104 | 3,617 | — | |
| 1968 | #100 | 3,561 | #2,311 | 13 |
| 1967 | #92 | 3,695 | — | |
| 1966 | #86 | 4,008 | #2,132 | 14 |
| 1965 | #87 | 4,157 | #2,617 | 10 |
| 1964 | #84 | 4,924 | #1,615 | 24 |
| 1963 | #93 | 4,701 | #2,115 | 15 |
| 1962 | #88 | 5,107 | #1,896 | 18 |
| 1961 | #93 | 5,226 | #2,242 | 14 |
| 1960 | #82 | 5,868 | #2,042 | 16 |
| 1959 | #69 | 6,746 | #1,916 | 18 |
| 1958 | #58 | 7,324 | #2,026 | 16 |
| 1957 | #65 | 7,211 | #1,887 | 18 |
| 1956 | #60 | 7,594 | #2,263 | 13 |
| 1955 | #59 | 7,640 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1954 | #51 | 8,137 | #2,942 | 8 |
| 1953 | #48 | 8,324 | #2,186 | 13 |
| 1952 | #48 | 8,504 | #2,153 | 13 |
| 1951 | #45 | 8,460 | #2,367 | 11 |
| 1950 | #46 | 7,863 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #52 | 7,184 | #2,225 | 12 |
| 1948 | #54 | 6,177 | #2,788 | 8 |
| 1947 | #55 | 6,091 | #2,671 | 9 |
| 1946 | #63 | 4,999 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #65 | 3,971 | #1,772 | 15 |
| 1944 | #68 | 3,855 | #2,467 | 9 |
| 1943 | #75 | 3,647 | #1,986 | 14 |
| 1942 | #82 | 3,350 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | #87 | 2,869 | #2,656 | 8 |
| 1940 | #103 | 2,438 | #2,179 | 11 |
| 1939 | #106 | 2,379 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | #113 | 2,282 | — | |
| 1937 | #108 | 2,326 | #2,332 | 10 |
| 1936 | #113 | 2,110 | #2,301 | 10 |
| 1935 | #111 | 2,127 | #2,246 | 11 |
| 1934 | #108 | 2,258 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #108 | 2,121 | #2,542 | 9 |
| 1932 | #107 | 2,263 | #2,191 | 12 |
| 1931 | #108 | 2,202 | #2,864 | 8 |
| 1930 | #101 | 2,515 | #2,079 | 14 |
| 1929 | #104 | 2,434 | #2,980 | 8 |
| 1928 | #99 | 2,681 | #3,697 | 6 |
| 1927 | #90 | 2,933 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | #87 | 3,094 | #2,725 | 10 |
| 1925 | #88 | 3,262 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #81 | 3,598 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #72 | 3,714 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | #73 | 3,792 | #3,532 | 7 |
| 1921 | #64 | 4,201 | #2,986 | 9 |
| 1920 | #67 | 4,082 | #2,602 | 11 |
| 1919 | #66 | 3,825 | #2,877 | 9 |
| 1918 | #63 | 4,068 | #2,699 | 10 |
| 1917 | #60 | 3,984 | #2,562 | 10 |
| 1916 | #60 | 3,933 | — | |
| 1915 | #60 | 3,778 | #2,458 | 10 |
| 1914 | #63 | 2,901 | — | |
| 1913 | #66 | 2,246 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | #71 | 1,905 | — | |
| 1911 | #73 | 1,397 | — | |
| 1910 | #80 | 1,198 | — | |
| 1909 | #74 | 1,138 | — | |
| 1908 | #77 | 1,058 | — | |
| 1907 | #88 | 864 | — | |
| 1906 | #78 | 911 | — | |
| 1905 | #86 | 788 | — | |
| 1904 | #83 | 787 | — | |
| 1903 | #86 | 729 | — | |
| 1902 | #87 | 717 | — | |
| 1901 | #90 | 620 | — | |
| 1900 | #93 | 721 | — | |
| 1899 | #87 | 621 | — | |
| 1898 | #89 | 671 | #885 | 7 |
| 1897 | #93 | 570 | — | |
| 1896 | #88 | 625 | — | |
| 1895 | #90 | 585 | — | |
| 1894 | #96 | 520 | — | |
| 1893 | #90 | 534 | — | |
| 1892 | #88 | 549 | — | |
| 1891 | #87 | 504 | — | |
| 1890 | #91 | 474 | — | |
| 1889 | #94 | 415 | — | |
| 1888 | #92 | 446 | — | |
| 1887 | #87 | 384 | — | |
| 1886 | #89 | 383 | — | |
| 1885 | #92 | 320 | — | |
| 1884 | #86 | 344 | — | |
| 1883 | #93 | 290 | — | |
| 1882 | #95 | 272 | — | |
| 1881 | #98 | 218 | — | |
| 1880 | #102 | 204 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Kathryn was already there! It came in at #102, and was given to 204 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 300 girls a year got the name.
Where Kathryn is popular in 1991
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Rhode Island#42 · 1 in 170
- Massachusetts#44 · 1 in 189
- Virginia#44 · 1 in 199
- Connecticut#45 · 1 in 197
- Minnesota#45 · 1 in 205
Best ever in a state: #17 in Wyoming, 1916.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | #42 | 31 | 1 in 170 |
| Massachusetts | #44 | 192 | 1 in 189 |
| Virginia | #44 | 185 | 1 in 199 |
| Connecticut | #45 | 94 | 1 in 197 |
| Minnesota | #45 | 134 | 1 in 205 |
| Oregon | #46 | 83 | 1 in 203 |
| Illinois | #48 | 324 | 1 in 239 |
| Maine | #49 | 33 | 1 in 182 |
| Nebraska | #49 | 49 | 1 in 181 |
| Missouri | #50 | 151 | 1 in 215 |
| North Carolina | #50 | 158 | 1 in 252 |
| South Dakota | #50 | 20 | 1 in 179 |
| Wisconsin | #51 | 129 | 1 in 221 |
| New Hampshire | #52 | 32 | 1 in 189 |
| North Dakota | #53 | 18 | 1 in 187 |
| Arkansas | #54 | 49 | 1 in 246 |
| Delaware | #54 | 20 | 1 in 187 |
| District of Columbia | #54 | 26 | 1 in 225 |
| South Carolina | #54 | 73 | 1 in 264 |
| Utah | #54 | 60 | 1 in 221 |
| Alabama | #55 | 84 | 1 in 263 |
| Maryland | #55 | 111 | 1 in 249 |
| Colorado | #56 | 89 | 1 in 234 |
| Michigan | #57 | 235 | 1 in 257 |
| Pennsylvania | #57 | 288 | 1 in 247 |
| Georgia | #58 | 154 | 1 in 272 |
| New Jersey | #58 | 185 | 1 in 252 |
| Ohio | #58 | 278 | 1 in 252 |
| Vermont | #59 | 13 | 1 in 192 |
| Florida | #61 | 255 | 1 in 299 |
| Idaho | #61 | 24 | 1 in 226 |
| Oklahoma | #61 | 65 | 1 in 262 |
| Tennessee | #61 | 99 | 1 in 307 |
| Alaska | #62 | 15 | 1 in 223 |
| New York | #63 | 382 | 1 in 312 |
| Washington | #63 | 111 | 1 in 279 |
| Montana | #64 | 16 | 1 in 217 |
| Kansas | #65 | 51 | 1 in 262 |
| Texas | #65 | 426 | 1 in 320 |
| Iowa | #66 | 58 | 1 in 267 |
| Indiana | #69 | 123 | 1 in 283 |
| Arizona | #71 | 81 | 1 in 319 |
| Hawaii | #74 | 18 | 1 in 280 |
| Kentucky | #75 | 66 | 1 in 325 |
| Nevada | #79 | 22 | 1 in 323 |
| West Virginia | #79 | 27 | 1 in 325 |
| Mississippi | #84 | 35 | 1 in 385 |
| New Mexico | #88 | 26 | 1 in 361 |
| Louisiana | #90 | 56 | 1 in 447 |
| California | #94 | 573 | 1 in 456 |
| Wyoming | #109 | 5 | 1 in 339 |
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 Kathryn
- 15 spots since 2024 (#714 → #729)
- 204 spots since 2020 (#525 → #729)
- 411 spots since 2015 (#318 → #729)
- Biggest jump: 18 spots in 1977 (#88 → #70)
- Biggest drop: 78 spots in 2016 (#318 → #396)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1951 at #45 (8,460 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 104 yrs · run 1881–1928
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 213 girls born in 1951 were named Kathryn (0.47%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,219 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 17.1% of all girls named Kathryn (77,803) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,276 | #86 (1884) | #93 |
| 1890s | 5,653 | #87 (1899) | #90 |
| 1900s | 8,333 | #74 (1909) | #84 |
| 1910s | 29,235 | #60 (1917) | #66 |
| 1920s | 33,791 | #64 (1921) | #83 |
| 1930s | 22,583 | #101 (1930) | #108 |
| 1940s | 44,581 | #52 (1949) | #70 |
| 1950s | 77,803 | #45 (1951) | #55 |
| 1960s | 44,864 | #82 (1960) | #91 |
| 1970s | 36,434 | #50 (1979) | #89 |
| 1980s | 62,443 | #48 (1985) | #50 |
| 1990s | 47,179 | #57 (1990) | #76 |
| 2000s | 26,307 | #89 (2000) | #137 |
| 2010s | 10,199 | #230 (2010) | #337 |
| 2020s | 2,742 | #525 (2020) | #648 |
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.
Kathryn in 1991
Top girls' names in 1991
Top boys' names in 1991
More about 1991
girls
1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 322 of them was named Kathryn, which outranked 99.6% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 168,361 of them was named Kathryn, which outranked 53.6% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,231Zaccheus13
- #4,231Zakee13
- #4,231Zebulun13
- #4,476Kathryn12
- #4,476Aarin12
- #4,476Abelino12
- #4,476Abhishek12
- #4,760Aaryn11
- #4,760Abdulla11
- #4,760Able11
Tied with 283 names at #4,476; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.