Kathyleen — girls' name
541 babies named Kathyleen in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1951. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Kathyleen was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Kathyleen in 1951 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kathyleen
The Social Security Administration has registered 541 babies named Kathyleen between 1914 and 1998, spanning 85 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kathyleen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1951, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kathyleen performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 176 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Kathyleen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kathyleen in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kathyleen 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 541 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.
Kathyleen at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kathyleen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1914
- Peak year (1951)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 85 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
541 total births across 85 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1951 with 26 births in a single year.
Kathyleen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 176 births that decade — 33% of Kathyleen's all-time total
Kathyleen decade highlights
- Peak decade 176 births
- Runner-up 107 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Kathyleen's strongest decade
176 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Kathyleen by state
Where Kathyleen concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 1.1% |
6 of 541 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1914–1998 (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.