Kathlene — girls' name

What the Data Says About Kathlene

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,500 babies named Kathlene between 1913 and 2014, spanning 102 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kathlene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1950, when 120 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kathlene performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 876 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Kathlene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 386 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Kathlene in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kathlene 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 3,500 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.