Girls' name · since 1914
Kathalene
Kathalene has 230 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1954 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,411 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 230
- born since 1914
- 1950s
- peak decade
Kathalene sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 230 recorded since 1914.
Kathalene has 230 recorded births among girls since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 1979.
- #18,411 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 230 born since 1914
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kathalene ranks #18,411 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 230 born since 1914, peaking in the 1950s.
- #18,411 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 230
- born since 1914
- 1950s
- peak decade
Kathalene's 230 recorded births place it above 74.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kathalene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kathalene's SSA record in two at 1951 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1914, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1954 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kathalene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1979
- Peak year (1954)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 66 years of records
Kathalene by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (75 births, 33% of the file).
1950s was Kathalene's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Kathalene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 10
1910s
10 births
- 1920s 27
1920s
27 births
- 1930s 23
1930s
23 births
- 1940s
1940s
40 births
- 1950s
1950s
75 births
- 1960s
1960s
33 births
- 1970s 22
1970s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 75 births (33% of all-time use).
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What to do with Kathalene's data
- Kathalene's decade-level peak was the 1950s (75 total births); usage has since declined to 22 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kathalene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1954)
Similar record span (~65 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, 1914–1979 (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 Kathalene 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.