Girls' name · since 1927
Kather
17 babies named Kather in U.S. Social Security records since 1927, with the highest year being 1936. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #47,842 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1927
- 1920s
- peak decade
Kather is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 17 have been recorded since 1927.
Kather has 17 recorded births among girls since 1927, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1927 to 1936.
- #47,842 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 17 born since 1927
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kather ranks #47,842 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 1927, peaking in the 1920s.
- #47,842 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1927
- 1920s
- peak decade
Kather's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kather's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kather's SSA record in two at 1929 and the more recent half accounts for 71% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 29%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1927, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1936 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kather popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1927–1936
- Peak year (1936)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Kather by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (10 births, 59% of the file).
1920s was Kather's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Kather births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
10 births
- 1930s
1930s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 10 births (59% of all-time use).
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- Kather's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (10 total births) through the 1930s (7) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Kather: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1936)
Similar record span (~9 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, 1927–1936 (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 Kather 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.