Kathyleen

Peak · girls
1951 · 26 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
541
since 1914

Kathyleen over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kathyleen has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,921, 1951girls
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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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1998#14,1225
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1985#9,3076
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1974#7,6806
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1972#5,9598
1971#6,6197
1970#7,9955
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1968#7,0165
1967#3,34015
1966#4,8668
1965#3,95211
1964#5,0088
1963#3,17616
1962#3,29315
1961#4,23910
1960#3,68812
1959#3,61912
1958#2,44922
1957#2,92616
1956#3,49312
1955#2,47220
1954#2,29522
1953#2,81215
1952#2,92114
1951#1,92126
1950#2,43617
1949#2,51416
1948#2,49116
1947#2,53016
1946#3,03411
1945#4,5565
1944#4,0546
1943#2,69512
1942#2,98610
1941#2,84610
1940#4,3495
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1938#4,3425
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1936#3,3767
1935#4,2045
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1933#3,7536
1932#3,9016
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1930#3,0559
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1928#4,7255
1927#3,05310
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1925#4,4266
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1923#2,91711
1922#4,0117
1921#3,4009
1920#3,5988
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1918#3,5128
1917#3,0929
1916#4,4175
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First appearance
1914

The first year at least five girls were named Kathyleen! It came in at #3,618, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1914–1916, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Kathyleen is popular in 2025

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

See more about Kathyleen
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1998
Rise & fade · girls
37 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 1951 at #1,921 (26 births)
  • Births halved by 1956, 5 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 69,264
  • Highest: 1 in 69,264 girls born in 1951 were named Kathyleen (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 353,390 girls born in 1998 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 32.5% of all girls named Kathyleen (176) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s27#3,092 (1917)#3,660
1920s56#2,917 (1923)#3,733
1930s38#3,055 (1930)#3,772
1940s107#2,491 (1948)#3,206
1950s176#1,921 (1951)#2,734
1960s100#3,176 (1963)#4,286
1970s26#5,959 (1972)#7,063
1980s6#9,307 (1985)#9,307
1990s5#14,122 (1998)#14,122

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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