Kathyrn
Kathyrn is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 776th, in 1882.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1953105 births
- Best rank
- #776in 1882
- Since 1882
- 3,172people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,172 girls have been named Kathyrn in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1953, with 105 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 105 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1956, and the 1950s alone account for 27%. It has spent 5 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Kathyrn | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7 | |
| 1900s | 36 | |
| 1910s | 166 | |
| 1920s | 227 | |
| 1930s | 158 | |
| 1940s | 370 | |
| 1950s | 866 | |
| 1960s | 447 | |
| 1970s | 266 | |
| 1980s | 310 | |
| 1990s | 191 | |
| 2000s | 115 | |
| 2010s | 13 |
In 1953, its biggest year
Kathyrn was the 922nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1953 were Mary, Linda, Deborah, Patricia and Susan. See all of 1953.
Names that rose and fell with Kathyrn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Merylpeak 1956
- Aletapeak 1947
- Cathrynpeak 1956
- Francinapeak 1950
- Kathaleenpeak 1952
- Herlindapeak 1952
- Janettepeak 1953
- Gwendolynpeak 1953
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.