Kathleena — girls' name
128 babies named Kathleena in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
128 girls have been named Kathleena since 1966, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2002.
- 128
- total births
- 1966–2002
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 34%
- born in that decade
34% of everyone ever named Kathleena was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Kathleena in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kathleena
The Social Security Administration has registered 128 babies named Kathleena between 1966 and 2002, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kathleena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kathleena performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 43 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kathleena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kathleena in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kathleena 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 128 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.
Kathleena at a glance
Last recorded 2002Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kathleena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–1966
- Peak year (1992)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2002.
128 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 11 births in a single year.
Kathleena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 43 births that decade — 34% of Kathleena's all-time total
Kathleena decade highlights
- Peak decade 43 births
- Runner-up 42 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Kathleena's strongest decade
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Kathleena by state
Where Kathleena concentrates geographically — total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.9% |
5 of 128 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1966–2002 (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.