Katharine — #4759 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Katharine

The Social Security Administration has registered 41,204 babies named Katharine between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Katharine currently holds the #4759 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 947 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Katharine performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 7,861 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Katharine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 3,698 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Katharine in 48 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Katharine 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 41,204 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.