Katherleen — girls' name
200 babies named Katherleen in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
35% of everyone ever named Katherleen was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Katherleen in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Katherleen
The Social Security Administration has registered 200 babies named Katherleen between 1917 and 1963, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Katherleen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1963. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Katherleen performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 69 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Katherleen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Katherleen 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 200 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.
Katherleen at a glance
Last recorded 1963Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Katherleen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–1917
- Peak year (1920)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1963.
200 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 13 births in a single year.
Katherleen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 69 births that decade — 35% of Katherleen's all-time total
Katherleen decade highlights
- Peak decade 69 births
- Runner-up 36 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Katherleen's strongest decade
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1917–1963 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.