Katelen — girls' name
221 babies named Katelen in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
221 girls have been named Katelen since 1986, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2010.
- 221
- total births
- 1986–2010
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 46%
- born in that decade
46% of everyone ever named Katelen was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Katelen in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Katelen
The Social Security Administration has registered 221 babies named Katelen between 1986 and 2010, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Katelen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Katelen performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 101 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Katelen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Katelen in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Katelen in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 221 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Katelen at a glance
Last recorded 2010Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Katelen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–1986
- Peak year (2000)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2010.
221 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 14 births in a single year.
Katelen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 101 births that decade — 46% of Katelen's all-time total
Katelen decade highlights
- Peak decade 101 births
- Runner-up 92 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Katelen's strongest decade
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Katelen by state
Where Katelen concentrates geographically — total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.3% |
5 of 221 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1986–2010 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.