Katharyn — girls' name

What the Data Says About Katharyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,614 babies named Katharyn between 1881 and 2011, spanning 131 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Katharyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 36 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Katharyn performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 269 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Katharyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 41 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Katharyn in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Katharyn 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 1,614 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.