Kathlena — girls' name
37 babies named Kathlena in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1969. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
37 girls have been named Kathlena since 1969, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1991.
- 37
- total births
- 1969–1991
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 46%
- born in that decade
46% of everyone ever named Kathlena was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Kathlena in 1969 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kathlena
The Social Security Administration has registered 37 babies named Kathlena between 1969 and 1991, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kathlena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kathlena performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kathlena shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kathlena 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 37 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.
Kathlena at a glance
Last recorded 1991Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kathlena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1969
- Peak year (1969)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1991.
37 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1969 with 7 births in a single year.
Kathlena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 17 births that decade — 46% of Kathlena's all-time total
Kathlena decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Kathlena's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% 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, 1969–1991 (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.