Kathrine
Kathrine was given to 15 girls in 2025, #7,310 among girls’ names; 15,775 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 11,200 Americans named Kathrine and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (71% of everyone recorded); the median is 47 years old and half are between 34 and 65.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Kathrine by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Kathrine mean?
Wiktionary, Danish section
Kathrine is “a female given name, variant of Katrine, equivalent to English Catherine”
Meaning: Wiktionary, Danish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Kathrine?
#7,310 among girls’ names, 2025
Kathrine fell from #5,210 in 2015 to #7,310 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 14.6 to 9.3 per million.
275 babies in 1956, the peak
Kathrine peaked in 1956, when 275 girls were given it, #568 among girls’ names. The 15 births of 2025 are 5% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,310 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,875 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,823 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,273 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,847 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,484 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,289 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 24 | #5,387 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,172 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 25 | #5,374 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 26 | #5,210 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 31 | #4,603 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,129 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 42 | #3,753 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 46 | #3,478 | 0.03 |
| 2010 | 53 | #3,140 | 0.03 |
| 2009 | 61 | #2,868 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 77 | #2,473 | 0.04 |
| 2007 | 86 | #2,266 | 0.04 |
| 2006 | 102 | #1,968 | 0.05 |
| 2005 | 98 | #1,956 | 0.05 |
| 2004 | 89 | #2,051 | 0.05 |
| 2003 | 119 | #1,620 | 0.07 |
| 2002 | 112 | #1,650 | 0.06 |
| 2001 | 124 | #1,511 | 0.07 |
| 2000 | 123 | #1,492 | 0.07 |
| 1999 | 136 | #1,323 | 0.08 |
| 1998 | 138 | #1,296 | 0.08 |
| 1997 | 171 | #1,101 | 0.10 |
| 1996 | 163 | #1,111 | 0.09 |
| 1995 | 189 | #992 | 0.11 |
| 1994 | 188 | #989 | 0.11 |
| 1993 | 208 | #918 | 0.11 |
| 1992 | 261 | #782 | 0.14 |
| 1991 | 235 | #850 | 0.13 |
| 1990 | 260 | #780 | 0.14 |
| 1989 | 254 | #765 | 0.14 |
| 1988 | 248 | #756 | 0.14 |
| 1987 | 234 | #768 | 0.13 |
| 1986 | 208 | #808 | 0.12 |
| 1985 | 214 | #784 | 0.12 |
| 1984 | 204 | #786 | 0.12 |
| 1983 | 225 | #731 | 0.13 |
| 1982 | 175 | #881 | 0.10 |
| 1981 | 202 | #799 | 0.12 |
| 1980 | 191 | #823 | 0.12 |
| 1979 | 216 | #750 | 0.13 |
| 1978 | 188 | #798 | 0.12 |
| 1977 | 197 | #768 | 0.13 |
| 1976 | 140 | #928 | 0.10 |
| 1975 | 155 | #866 | 0.11 |
| 1974 | 152 | #861 | 0.10 |
| 1973 | 141 | #892 | 0.10 |
| 1972 | 162 | #820 | 0.11 |
| 1971 | 173 | #807 | 0.10 |
| 1970 | 183 | #777 | 0.10 |
| 1969 | 169 | #792 | 0.10 |
| 1968 | 187 | #713 | 0.11 |
| 1967 | 169 | #756 | 0.10 |
| 1966 | 180 | #734 | 0.11 |
| 1965 | 188 | #725 | 0.11 |
| 1964 | 171 | #799 | 0.09 |
| 1963 | 179 | #773 | 0.09 |
| 1962 | 181 | #772 | 0.09 |
| 1961 | 203 | #731 | 0.10 |
| 1960 | 190 | #737 | 0.09 |
| 1959 | 221 | #673 | 0.11 |
| 1958 | 231 | #652 | 0.11 |
| 1957 | 244 | #625 | 0.12 |
| 1956 | 275 | #568 | 0.14 |
| 1955 | 265 | #557 | 0.14 |
| 1954 | 243 | #578 | 0.13 |
| 1953 | 180 | #670 | 0.10 |
| 1952 | 221 | #583 | 0.12 |
| 1951 | 217 | #580 | 0.12 |
| 1950 | 191 | #604 | 0.11 |
| 1949 | 177 | #620 | 0.10 |
| 1948 | 145 | #691 | 0.09 |
| 1947 | 128 | #760 | 0.07 |
| 1946 | 90 | #876 | 0.06 |
| 1945 | 67 | #929 | 0.05 |
| 1944 | 89 | #811 | 0.07 |
| 1943 | 98 | #787 | 0.07 |
| 1942 | 77 | #893 | 0.06 |
| 1941 | 69 | #881 | 0.06 |
| 1940 | 65 | #889 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 85 | #746 | 0.08 |
| 1938 | 77 | #806 | 0.07 |
| 1937 | 54 | #945 | 0.05 |
| 1936 | 84 | #726 | 0.08 |
| 1935 | 78 | #768 | 0.07 |
| 1934 | 76 | #773 | 0.07 |
| 1933 | 67 | #817 | 0.07 |
| 1932 | 71 | #810 | 0.07 |
| 1931 | 85 | #731 | 0.08 |
| 1930 | 81 | #784 | 0.07 |
| 1929 | 90 | #737 | 0.08 |
| 1928 | 104 | #687 | 0.09 |
| 1927 | 116 | #672 | 0.10 |
| 1926 | 121 | #657 | 0.10 |
| 1925 | 111 | #700 | 0.09 |
| 1924 | 123 | #672 | 0.10 |
| 1923 | 121 | #675 | 0.10 |
| 1922 | 113 | #690 | 0.09 |
| 1921 | 112 | #701 | 0.09 |
| 1920 | 127 | #640 | 0.11 |
| 1919 | 117 | #642 | 0.10 |
| 1918 | 134 | #608 | 0.12 |
| 1917 | 105 | #664 | 0.10 |
| 1916 | 108 | #656 | 0.10 |
| 1915 | 89 | #709 | 0.09 |
| 1914 | 67 | #707 | 0.09 |
| 1913 | 75 | #597 | 0.12 |
| 1912 | 59 | #653 | 0.11 |
| 1911 | 41 | #682 | 0.10 |
| 1910 | 42 | #659 | 0.11 |
| 1909 | 33 | #697 | 0.10 |
| 1908 | 21 | #866 | 0.06 |
| 1907 | 27 | #732 | 0.08 |
| 1906 | 26 | #722 | 0.09 |
| 1905 | 27 | #690 | 0.09 |
| 1904 | 20 | #817 | 0.07 |
| 1903 | 22 | #723 | 0.08 |
| 1902 | 21 | #766 | 0.08 |
| 1901 | 26 | #622 | 0.11 |
| 1900 | 29 | #664 | 0.10 |
| 1899 | 22 | #670 | 0.09 |
| 1898 | 21 | #734 | 0.08 |
| 1897 | 23 | #652 | 0.10 |
| 1896 | 21 | #695 | 0.09 |
| 1895 | 21 | #694 | 0.09 |
| 1894 | 17 | #731 | 0.08 |
| 1893 | 24 | #589 | 0.11 |
| 1892 | 28 | #518 | 0.13 |
| 1891 | 18 | #632 | 0.10 |
| 1890 | 34 | #437 | 0.18 |
| 1889 | 34 | #419 | 0.19 |
| 1888 | 22 | #538 | 0.12 |
| 1887 | 23 | #467 | 0.16 |
| 1886 | 24 | #443 | 0.17 |
| 1885 | 25 | #420 | 0.19 |
| 1884 | 21 | #442 | 0.16 |
| 1883 | 22 | #403 | 0.20 |
| 1882 | 29 | #331 | 0.27 |
| 1881 | 19 | #385 | 0.21 |
| 1880 | 21 | #359 | 0.23 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Kathrine a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Kathrine has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 146 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Kathrine: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Kathrine, and how old are they?
11,200 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 71% of the 15,775 Americans ever recorded as Kathrine. The median Kathrine alive today is 47 years old; half are between 34 and 65.
The 2020 Census counted 10,914 people named Kathrine (10,906 women and girls, 8 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 11,711 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 412 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,940 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,590 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 3,370 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,560 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 266 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Kathrine born?
The states with the most babies named Kathrine are California, Texas and New York, with 35% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 1,460 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Texas | 1,179 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| New York | 577 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Illinois | 527 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 521 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Michigan | 485 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 427 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Florida | 393 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 357 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Tennessee | 311 | not ranked | 0.9× |
Where Kathrine is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Kathrine is most over-represented in Washington: since 1910 it was given 1.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Kathrine with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 1,408,167 babies since 1880, Kathrine is the fourth most given (1.1% of them). In 2025 it was given to 15 of their 2,702 babies (<1%), the fifth most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Kathrine
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Kathrine and names like it
- Compare Kathrine and CatherineBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sKathrine peaked in 1956.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Kathrine since 1910.
- Danish namesWiktionary’s origin for Kathrine: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1956The year the most babies were named Kathrine.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Kathrine alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with KMost given first.