Kathry — girls' name
30 babies named Kathry in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
30 girls have been named Kathry since 1954, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1986.
- 30
- total births
- 1954–1986
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 83%
- born in that decade
83% of everyone ever named Kathry was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Kathry in 1983 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kathry
The Social Security Administration has registered 30 babies named Kathry between 1954 and 1986, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kathry currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1986. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kathry performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 25 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Kathry shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kathry 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 30 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.
Kathry at a glance
Last recorded 1986Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kathry popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–1954
- Peak year (1983)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1986.
30 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1983 with 8 births in a single year.
Kathry by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 25 births that decade — 83% of Kathry's all-time total
Kathry decade highlights
- Peak decade 25 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Kathry's strongest decade
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 83% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1954–1986 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.