Katharyn
Katharyn is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 888th, in 1881.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 198736 births
- Best rank
- #888in 1881
- Since 1881
- 1,614people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,614 girls have been named Katharyn in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1987, with 36 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 36 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1967, and the 1980s alone account for 17%. It has spent 4 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Katharyn | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 27 | |
| 1890s | 46 | |
| 1900s | 52 | |
| 1910s | 166 | |
| 1920s | 124 | |
| 1930s | 70 | |
| 1940s | 115 | |
| 1950s | 140 | |
| 1960s | 91 | |
| 1970s | 115 | |
| 1980s | 269 | |
| 1990s | 257 | |
| 2000s | 130 | |
| 2010s | 12 |
In 1987, its biggest year
Katharyn was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1987 were Jessica, Ashley, Amanda, Jennifer and Sarah. See all of 1987.
Names that rose and fell with Katharyn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Katharinepeak 1982
- Elizabethpeak 1990
- Kathrynepeak 1990
- Lorenapeak 1980
- Katherinepeak 1990
- Ninapeak 1980
- Carrapeak 1993
- Ammiepeak 1973
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.