Meaning not yet researched.
Kathryn: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 381 in 2025. Its best rank was #45 in 1951.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #45 in 1951; #729 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Kathryn in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#729 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1951, at #45.
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Kathryn: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 381 girls in 2025. Peak: #45 in 1951 · most girls in one year: 8,504 (1952).
In 2025, 381 US girls were named Kathryn, making it the 729th most common girls’ name of the year, down 14 places from #715 in 2024. That is 12 fewer than the 393 girls named Kathryn in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #45, reached in 1951. The most girls given the name in a single year was 8,504, in 1952. For comparison, it was #318 in 2015 and #46 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Kathryn in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 204 babies with the name. In all, 456,515 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 77,933 babies named Kathryn.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 5,679 US girls were named Kathryn; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 839. In 2025 that was about 1 in 4,219 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Kathryn ranked highest in Alabama in 2025, at #333 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Catherine (669,611 babies since 1880), Katherine (652,750 babies since 1880), Cathryn (16,332 babies since 1880) and Katerina (8,021 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Kathrin, Kathren and Catherina are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Kate, Kathy and Katie.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Kathrin (1,214), Kathren (947), Catherina (933), Cathryne (535), Kathrynn (501), Kathreen (372), Katryn (336), Kathrene (179), Kathrynne (90), Cathren (69), Cathrin (33), Katron (33), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 22 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 15 | #333 | #223 |
| Pennsylvania | 31 | #356 | #253 |
| South Carolina | 14 | #357 | #166 |
| Minnesota | 12 | #444 | #332 |
| Louisiana | 10 | #454 | #262 |
| Tennessee | 15 | #515 | #203 |
| Kentucky | 8 | #536 | #250 |
| Wisconsin | 9 | #547 | #339 |
| Georgia | 20 | #554 | #350 |
| Mississippi | 5 | #585 | #234 |
| Indiana | 11 | #595 | #284 |
| Arkansas | 5 | #612 | #208 |
| Colorado | 9 | #613 | #509 |
| Iowa | 5 | #623 | #261 |
| Kansas | 5 | #629 | #201 |
| North Carolina | 16 | #646 | #292 |
| Ohio | 15 | #656 | #204 |
| Michigan | 10 | #759 | #294 |
| Utah | 5 | #761 | #411 |
| Illinois | 12 | #769 | #396 |
| Missouri | 7 | #771 | #223 |
| Arizona | 7 | #864 | #400 |
| Maryland | 5 | #914 | #285 |
| Virginia | 7 | #987 | #223 |
| New York | 15 | #1,005 | #467 |
| Florida | 15 | #1,030 | #366 |
| California | 25 | #1,069 | #575 |
| Texas | 24 | #1,137 | #333 |
| Washington | 5 | #1,143 | #316 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 381 | #729 | — | — |
| 2024 | 393 | #715 | — | — |
| 2023 | 432 | #678 | — | — |
| 2022 | 452 | #655 | — | — |
| 2021 | 510 | #589 | — | — |
| 2020 | 574 | #525 | — | — |
| 2019 | 651 | #484 | — | — |
| 2018 | 699 | #452 | — | — |
| 2017 | 748 | #427 | — | — |
| 2016 | 839 | #396 | — | — |
| 2015 | 1,021 | #318 | — | — |
| 2014 | 1,118 | #293 | — | — |
| 2013 | 1,184 | #270 | — | — |
| 2012 | 1,230 | #264 | — | — |
| 2011 | 1,339 | #236 | — | — |
| 2010 | 1,370 | #230 | — | — |
| 2009 | 1,520 | #213 | 6 | #11,732 |
| 2008 | 1,782 | #190 | — | — |
| 2007 | 2,216 | #163 | 5 | #13,414 |
| 2006 | 2,420 | #143 | 5 | #13,045 |
| 2005 | 2,579 | #125 | 6 | #10,802 |
| 2004 | 2,757 | #122 | 18 | #4,693 |
| 2003 | 2,948 | #117 | — | — |
| 2002 | 3,109 | #108 | 6 | #10,059 |
| 2001 | 3,332 | #97 | 6 | #9,927 |
| 2000 | 3,644 | #89 | — | — |
| 1999 | 3,590 | #91 | — | — |
| 1998 | 3,703 | #89 | — | — |
| 1997 | 3,873 | #86 | 8 | #6,949 |
| 1996 | 4,102 | #87 | — | — |
| 1995 | 4,328 | #83 | 7 | #7,393 |
| 1994 | 4,620 | #79 | 6 | #8,287 |
| 1993 | 5,092 | #68 | 8 | #6,538 |
| 1992 | 5,686 | #60 | 10 | #5,449 |
| 1991 | 5,832 | #57 | 12 | #4,630 |
| 1990 | 6,353 | #57 | 7 | #6,806 |
| 1989 | 6,294 | #58 | 38 | #1,941 |
| 1988 | 6,342 | #55 | 23 | #2,560 |
| 1987 | 6,238 | #51 | 26 | #2,245 |
| 1986 | 6,393 | #48 | 35 | #1,774 |
| 1985 | 6,634 | #48 | 29 | #1,993 |
| 1984 | 6,538 | #48 | 25 | #2,130 |
| 1983 | 6,370 | #50 | 32 | #1,772 |
| 1982 | 6,284 | #48 | 28 | #1,962 |
| 1981 | 5,823 | #48 | 19 | #2,539 |
| 1980 | 5,527 | #50 | 25 | #2,143 |
| 1979 | 5,312 | #50 | 22 | #2,277 |
| 1978 | 4,808 | #57 | 22 | #2,161 |
| 1977 | 3,964 | #70 | 13 | #3,113 |
| 1976 | 3,262 | #88 | 12 | #3,169 |
| 1975 | 2,947 | #99 | 9 | #3,795 |
| 1974 | 2,991 | #98 | 6 | #4,948 |
| 1973 | 2,885 | #107 | 8 | #3,889 |
| 1972 | 3,127 | #103 | 16 | #2,373 |
| 1971 | 3,419 | #111 | 9 | #3,525 |
| 1970 | 3,719 | #104 | 11 | #2,983 |
| 1969 | 3,617 | #104 | — | — |
| 1968 | 3,561 | #100 | 13 | #2,393 |
| 1967 | 3,695 | #92 | — | — |
| 1966 | 4,008 | #86 | 14 | #2,179 |
| 1965 | 4,157 | #87 | 10 | #2,697 |
| 1964 | 4,924 | #84 | 24 | #1,634 |
| 1963 | 4,701 | #93 | 15 | #2,161 |
| 1962 | 5,107 | #89 | 18 | #1,928 |
| 1961 | 5,226 | #93 | 14 | #2,290 |
| 1960 | 5,868 | #82 | 16 | #2,077 |
| 1959 | 6,746 | #69 | 18 | #1,940 |
| 1958 | 7,324 | #58 | 16 | #2,066 |
| 1957 | 7,211 | #65 | 18 | #1,924 |
| 1956 | 7,594 | #60 | 13 | #2,322 |
| 1955 | 7,640 | #59 | 14 | #2,184 |
| 1954 | 8,137 | #51 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 1953 | 8,324 | #48 | 13 | #2,237 |
| 1952 | 8,504 | #48 | 13 | #2,209 |
| 1951 | 8,460 | #45 | 11 | #2,435 |
| 1950 | 7,863 | #46 | 6 | #3,509 |
| 1949 | 7,184 | #52 | 12 | #2,278 |
| 1948 | 6,177 | #54 | 8 | #2,903 |
| 1947 | 6,091 | #55 | 9 | #2,771 |
| 1946 | 4,999 | #63 | 6 | #3,357 |
| 1945 | 3,971 | #65 | 15 | #1,821 |
| 1944 | 3,855 | #68 | 9 | #2,548 |
| 1943 | 3,647 | #75 | 14 | #2,033 |
| 1942 | 3,350 | #82 | 10 | #2,459 |
| 1941 | 2,869 | #87 | 8 | #2,772 |
| 1940 | 2,438 | #103 | 11 | #2,247 |
| 1939 | 2,379 | #106 | 7 | #2,986 |
| 1938 | 2,282 | #114 | — | — |
| 1937 | 2,326 | #108 | 10 | #2,404 |
| 1936 | 2,110 | #113 | 10 | #2,374 |
| 1935 | 2,127 | #111 | 11 | #2,330 |
| 1934 | 2,258 | #108 | 8 | #2,846 |
| 1933 | 2,121 | #108 | 9 | #2,641 |
| 1932 | 2,263 | #107 | 12 | #2,255 |
| 1931 | 2,202 | #108 | 8 | #2,978 |
| 1930 | 2,515 | #101 | 14 | #2,133 |
| 1929 | 2,434 | #104 | 8 | #3,117 |
| 1928 | 2,681 | #99 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1927 | 2,933 | #90 | 8 | #3,306 |
| 1926 | 3,094 | #87 | 10 | #2,810 |
| 1925 | 3,262 | #88 | 5 | #4,578 |
| 1924 | 3,598 | #81 | 7 | #3,677 |
| 1923 | 3,714 | #72 | 6 | #4,035 |
| 1922 | 3,792 | #73 | 7 | #3,706 |
| 1921 | 4,201 | #64 | 9 | #3,108 |
| 1920 | 4,082 | #67 | 11 | #2,679 |
| 1919 | 3,825 | #66 | 9 | #3,005 |
| 1918 | 4,068 | #63 | 10 | #2,792 |
| 1917 | 3,984 | #60 | 10 | #2,642 |
| 1916 | 3,933 | #60 | — | — |
| 1915 | 3,778 | #60 | 10 | #2,542 |
| 1914 | 2,901 | #63 | — | — |
| 1913 | 2,246 | #66 | 6 | #2,650 |
| 1912 | 1,905 | #71 | — | — |
| 1911 | 1,397 | #73 | — | — |
| 1910 | 1,198 | #80 | — | — |
| 1909 | 1,138 | #74 | — | — |
| 1908 | 1,058 | #77 | — | — |
| 1907 | 864 | #88 | — | — |
| 1906 | 911 | #78 | — | — |
| 1905 | 788 | #86 | — | — |
| 1904 | 787 | #83 | — | — |
| 1903 | 729 | #86 | — | — |
| 1902 | 717 | #87 | — | — |
| 1901 | 620 | #90 | — | — |
| 1900 | 721 | #93 | — | — |
| 1899 | 621 | #88 | — | — |
| 1898 | 671 | #89 | 7 | #944 |
| 1897 | 570 | #93 | — | — |
| 1896 | 625 | #88 | — | — |
| 1895 | 585 | #90 | — | — |
| 1894 | 520 | #96 | — | — |
| 1893 | 534 | #90 | — | — |
| 1892 | 549 | #88 | — | — |
| 1891 | 504 | #87 | — | — |
| 1890 | 474 | #91 | — | — |
| 1889 | 415 | #94 | — | — |
| 1888 | 446 | #93 | — | — |
| 1887 | 384 | #87 | — | — |
| 1886 | 383 | #89 | — | — |
| 1885 | 320 | #93 | — | — |
| 1884 | 344 | #88 | — | — |
| 1883 | 290 | #93 | — | — |
| 1882 | 272 | #96 | — | — |
| 1881 | 218 | #98 | — | — |
| 1880 | 204 | #103 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).