Katharin — girls' name

What the Data Says About Katharin

The Social Security Administration has registered 82 babies named Katharin between 1946 and 1990, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Katharin currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Katharin performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 43 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Katharin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Katharin in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Katharin 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 82 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.