Girls' name · since 1946
Katharin
82 babies named Katharin in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,360 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 82
- born since 1946
- 1980s
- peak decade
82 girls have been named Katharin since 1946, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Katharin has 82 recorded births among girls since 1946, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1946 to 1990.
- #29,360 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 82 born since 1946
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Katharin ranks #29,360 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 82 born since 1946, peaking in the 1980s.
- #29,360 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 82
- born since 1946
- 1980s
- peak decade
Katharin's 82 recorded births place it above 59.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Katharin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Katharin's full recorded timeline at 1979, 66% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 34% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1946, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1989 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Katharin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–1990
- Peak year (1989)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Katharin by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (43 births, 52% of the file).
1980s was Katharin's strongest decade.
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Katharin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 10
1950s
10 births
- 1960s 8
1960s
8 births
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s
1980s
43 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 43 births (52% of all-time use).
Katharin by state
Where Katharin concentrates geographically, total births since 1946
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 23 | 28.0% |
23 of 82 births nationwide.
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What to do with Katharin's data
- Katharin's decade-level peak was the 1980s (43 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Katharins (23 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Katharin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1946–1990 (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 Katharin 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.