Girls' name · since 1915
Kathline
221 babies named Kathline in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1952. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,809 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 221
- born since 1915
- 1950s
- peak decade
Kathline sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 221 recorded since 1915.
Kathline has 221 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1990.
- #18,809 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 221 born since 1915
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kathline ranks #18,809 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 221 born since 1915, peaking in the 1950s.
- #18,809 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 221
- born since 1915
- 1950s
- peak decade
Kathline's 221 recorded births place it above 73.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kathline's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kathline's SSA record in two at 1961 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1915, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1952 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kathline popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1990
- Peak year (1952)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 76 years of records
Kathline by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (86 births, 39% of the file).
1950s was Kathline's strongest decade.
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Kathline births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
86 births
- 1960s
1960s
65 births
- 1970s 25
1970s
25 births
- 1980s 19
1980s
19 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 86 births (39% of all-time use).
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What to do with Kathline's data
- Kathline's decade-level peak was the 1950s (86 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kathline: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1952)
Similar record span (~75 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1915–1990 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kathline draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.