Kathyrn

Last seen for girls in 2018 at #13,793

Peak · girls
#740
1882 · 7 births
Debut · girls
1882
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,172
since 1882

Kathyrn over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201956peak #740, 1882girls
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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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Yeargirls
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2018#13,7936
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2011#13,3477
2010—
2009#15,2426
2008#13,8327
2007#13,9247
2006#8,71513
2005#10,9219
2004#9,26411
2003#6,57617
2002#7,44414
2001#7,31714
2000#6,20817
1999#5,66118
1998#7,10413
1997#5,41718
1996#6,06415
1995#5,95815
1994#3,89227
1993#5,20618
1992#4,68621
1991#4,32923
1990#4,23023
1989#4,24822
1988#2,93135
1987#3,42426
1986#3,05430
1985#3,24627
1984#2,47038
1983#2,23643
1982#2,45139
1981#3,62522
1980#3,06928
1979#2,99728
1978#3,00926
1977#2,90927
1976#2,48632
1975#3,63718
1974#2,83525
1973#3,12221
1972#2,82024
1971#2,17537
1970#2,57728
1969#2,51527
1968#1,99936
1967#1,88139
1966#1,88237
1965#2,24728
1964#1,63549
1963#1,52254
1962#1,57751
1961#1,46558
1960#1,33868
1959#1,35862
1958#1,17382
1957#1,07294
1956#1,17678
1955#1,14276
1954#945104
1953#921105
1952#1,04681
1951#92199
1950#98885
1949#1,00580
1948#1,19757
1947#1,46141
1946#1,36041
1945#1,41832
1944#1,38134
1943#1,66426
1942#1,91720
1941#1,81020
1940#1,84519
1939#3,1458
1938#1,87318
1937#1,84518
1936#2,26313
1935#2,00616
1934#1,83418
1933#2,16114
1932#2,03716
1931#1,59423
1930#2,30614
1929#1,48727
1928#2,49713
1927#2,55213
1926#2,35115
1925#1,74824
1924#1,72325
1923#1,49030
1922#1,36634
1921#1,57728
1920#2,07918
1919#1,74522
1918#1,53727
1917#1,50725
1916#1,38028
1915#1,52323
1914#1,66516
1913#1,76612
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1911#1,9567
1910#2,1406
1909#1,6078
1908#1,6767
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1905#1,6966
1904#1,8775
1903#1,7925
1902#1,7935
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1882#7407
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First appearance
1882

The first year at least five girls were named Kathyrn! It came in at #740, and was given to 7 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1883–1904, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Kathyrn is popular in 1956

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #888 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 23,156 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedNEMissouri: #511 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,398 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedHITexas: #1,042 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 16,404 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Kathyrn, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Missouri#511 · 1 in 6,398
  2. Pennsylvania#888 · 1 in 23,156
  3. Texas#1,042 · 1 in 16,404

Best ever in a state: #328 in Nebraska, 1971.

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Pennsylvania#88851 in 23,156
Texas#1,04271 in 16,404
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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 Kathyrn
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
  • Biggest jump: 125 spots in 1953 (#1,046 → #921)
  • Biggest drop: 197 spots in 1955 (#945 → #1,142)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1882 at #740 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1883, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1950–1951
Share of babies · girls
1 in 15,407
  • Highest: 1 in 15,407 girls born in 1882 were named Kathyrn (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 283,512 girls born in 2018 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 27.3% of all girls named Kathyrn (866) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s7#740 (1882)#740
1890s0——
1900s36#1,607 (1909)#1,740
1910s166#1,380 (1916)#1,691
1920s227#1,366 (1922)#1,887
1930s158#1,594 (1931)#2,106
1940s370#1,005 (1949)#1,506
1950s866#921 (1953)#1,074
1960s447#1,338 (1960)#1,806
1970s266#2,175 (1971)#2,857
1980s310#2,236 (1983)#3,075
1990s191#3,892 (1994)#5,255
2000s115#6,208 (2000)#9,944
2010s13#13,347 (2011)#13,570

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.

Kathyrn in 1956

girls
#1,176
78 births · 1 in 25,740 girls

Top girls' names in 1956

  1. #1Mary61,741
  2. #2Debra48,324
  3. #3Linda48,084
  4. #4Deborah47,834
  5. #5Susan46,558
  6. #6Patricia43,329
  7. #7Karen40,052
  8. #8Cynthia32,339
  9. #9Barbara32,302
  10. #10Donna29,852
  11. #1,176Kathyrn78
More about 1956

girls

2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 25,740 of them was named Kathyrn, which outranked 82.9% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kathyrn
  1. #1,169Lina79
  2. #1,169Loree79
  3. #1,169Melvina79
  4. #1,176Kathyrn78
  5. #1,176Adriana78
  6. #1,176Autumn78
  7. #1,176Dorcas78
  8. #1,186Cinthia77
  9. #1,186Clementine77
  10. #1,186Kerrie77

Tied with 9 names at #1,176; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. ↑ 993Sheena#1,839 → #846
  2. ↑ 770Glendora#1,733 → #963
  3. ↑ 684Leesa#1,209 → #525
  4. ↑ 543Marisa#1,074 → #531
  5. ↑ 537Dani#1,383 → #846
Fallers
  1. ↓ 513Sheilah#663 → #1,176
  2. ↓ 481Jeryl#768 → #1,249
  3. ↓ 344Jacalyn#496 → #840
  4. ↓ 325Roni#536 → #861
  5. ↓ 314Florine#984 → #1,298

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

See the top 100 for 1956 →