Girls' name · since 1916
Kathrene
179 babies named Kathrene in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1952. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,964 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 179
- born since 1916
- 1950s
- peak decade
179 girls have been named Kathrene since 1916, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Kathrene has 179 recorded births among girls since 1916, 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 1916 to 1994.
- #20,964 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 179 born since 1916
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kathrene ranks #20,964 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 179 born since 1916, peaking in the 1950s.
- #20,964 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 179
- born since 1916
- 1950s
- peak decade
Kathrene's 179 recorded births place it above 70.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kathrene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kathrene's full recorded timeline at 1952, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1916, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1952 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kathrene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1994
- Peak year (1952)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 79 years of records
Kathrene by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (55 births, 31% of the file).
1950s was Kathrene's strongest decade.
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Kathrene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 12
1910s
12 births
- 1920s
1920s
30 births
- 1930s 11
1930s
11 births
- 1940s
1940s
25 births
- 1950s
1950s
55 births
- 1960s 16
1960s
16 births
- 1970s 17
1970s
17 births
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 55 births (31% of all-time use).
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What to do with Kathrene's data
- Kathrene's decade-level peak was the 1950s (55 total births); usage has since declined to 6 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kathrene: 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 (~78 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, 1916–1994 (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 Kathrene 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.