Kathaleen
Kathaleen is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 742nd, in 1952.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1952143 births
- Best rank
- #742in 1952
- Since 1902
- 4,136people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,136 girls have been named Kathaleen in the United States since 1902, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1952, with 143 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 143 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1950, and the 1950s alone account for 25%. It has spent 16 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Kathaleen | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 41 | |
| 1910s | 313 | |
| 1920s | 482 | |
| 1930s | 348 | |
| 1940s | 761 | |
| 1950s | 1,050 | |
| 1960s | 623 | |
| 1970s | 247 | |
| 1980s | 147 | |
| 1990s | 89 | |
| 2000s | 35 |
In 1952, its biggest year
Kathaleen was the 742nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1952 were Linda, Mary, Patricia, Deborah and Susan. See all of 1952.
Names that rose and fell with Kathaleen
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Laurenepeak 1954
- Eileenpeak 1947
- Herlindapeak 1952
- Lornapeak 1957
- Frediapeak 1948
- Katheleenpeak 1952
- Jeannepeak 1947
- Madonnapeak 1954
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.