Girls' name · since 1993
Kateleen
164 babies named Kateleen in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,848 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 164
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
164 girls have been named Kateleen since 1993, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Kateleen has 164 recorded births among girls since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2015.
- #21,848 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 164 born since 1993
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kateleen ranks #21,848 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 164 born since 1993, peaking in the 2000s.
- #21,848 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 164
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kateleen's 164 recorded births place it above 69.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Kateleen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kateleen's full recorded timeline at 2004, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1998, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1999 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kateleen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2015
- Peak year (1999)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Kateleen by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (91 births, 55% of the file).
2000s was Kateleen's strongest decade.
91 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Kateleen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
43 births
- 2000s
2000s
91 births
- 2010s 30
2010s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 91 births (55% of all-time use).
Kateleen by state
Where Kateleen concentrates geographically, total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 8 | 4.9% |
8 of 164 births nationwide.
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What to do with Kateleen's data
- Kateleen's decade-level peak was the 2000s (91 total births); usage has since declined to 30 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Kateleens (8 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kateleen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~22 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1993–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kateleen draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.