Kathlean — girls' name
253 babies named Kathlean in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
31% of everyone ever named Kathlean was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Kathlean in 1958 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kathlean
The Social Security Administration has registered 253 babies named Kathlean between 1919 and 1974, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kathlean currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1974. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kathlean performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 79 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Kathlean shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kathlean 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 253 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.
Kathlean at a glance
Last recorded 1974Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kathlean popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–1919
- Peak year (1958)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 56 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1974.
253 total births across 56 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1958 with 14 births in a single year.
Kathlean by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 79 births that decade — 31% of Kathlean's all-time total
Kathlean decade highlights
- Peak decade 79 births
- Runner-up 65 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Kathlean's strongest decade
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% 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, 1919–1974 (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.