Girls' name · since 1901
Katherene
Katherene has 492 recorded births since 1901 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1922 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,977 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 492
- born since 1901
- 1920s
- peak decade
Katherene is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 492 have been recorded since 1901.
Katherene has 492 recorded births among girls since 1901, 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 1901 to 2004.
- #11,977 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 492 born since 1901
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Katherene ranks #11,977 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 492 born since 1901, peaking in the 1920s.
- #11,977 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 492
- born since 1901
- 1920s
- peak decade
Katherene's 492 recorded births place it above 83.43% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Katherene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Katherene's SSA record in two at 1947 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1901, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1922 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Katherene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1901–2004
- Peak year (1922)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 104 years of records
Katherene by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (121 births, 25% of the file).
1920s was Katherene's strongest decade.
121 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Katherene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
55 births
- 1920s
1920s
121 births
- 1930s
1930s
50 births
- 1940s
1940s
63 births
- 1950s
1950s
86 births
- 1960s 46
1960s
46 births
- 1970s 16
1970s
16 births
- 1980s 18
1980s
18 births
- 1990s 16
1990s
16 births
- 2000s 16
2000s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 121 births (25% of all-time use).
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- Katherene's decade-level peak was the 1920s (121 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Katherene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1922)
Similar record span (~103 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, 1901–2004 (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 Katherene 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.