Kathern — girls' name

What the Data Says About Kathern

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,323 babies named Kathern between 1884 and 2006, spanning 123 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kathern currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 96 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kathern performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 743 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Kathern shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in West Virginia, which accounts for 179 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Kentucky and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Kathern in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kathern 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 3,323 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.