Kathren — girls' name

What the Data Says About Kathren

The Social Security Administration has registered 947 babies named Kathren between 1915 and 2012, spanning 98 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kathren currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kathren performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 166 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Kathren shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Kathren in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kathren 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 947 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.