Kathryn — #716 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kathryn

The Social Security Administration has registered 455,036 babies named Kathryn between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kathryn currently holds the #716 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 8,504 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kathryn performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 77,803 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Kathryn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 35,179 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Kathryn in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kathryn 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 455,036 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.