Total births
18
Girls' name · since 1949
Kathylene
Kathylene has 18 recorded births since 1949 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1949 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 18
- total births
- 1949–1956
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 61%
- born in that decade
Kathylene sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 18 recorded since 1949.
Kathylene has 18 recorded births among girls since 1949, 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 1949 to 1956.
- 18 total births
- 1949–1956 years on record
- 1950s peak decade
- 61% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
18 girls have been named Kathylene since 1949, peaking in the 1950s, last recorded in 1956.
- 18
- total births
- 1949–1956
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 61%
- born in that decade
1950s
Peak decade
61% of everyone ever named Kathylene was born in this single decade.
1949
Single peak year
7 babies were named Kathylene in 1949 - its busiest year on record.
Kathylene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kathylene's full recorded timeline at 1951, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1956, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1949 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kathylene at a glance
Last recorded 1956Peak year
1949
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1949
Kathylene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–1956
- Peak year (1949)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Kathylene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1950s was Kathylene's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Kathylene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
7 births
- 1950s
1950s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 11 births (61% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Kathylene? ▼
Kathylene has been given to 18 babies in the U.S. since 1949, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 1956. 7 babies were born in 1949, its single highest year.
When was Kathylene most popular? ▼
Kathylene was most popular in the 1950s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 1949.
How long has the name Kathylene been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Kathylene since 1949 -- 8 years through the most recent 1956 data.
What names are similar to Kathylene? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kathleen, Katherine, Kathryn, Kathy, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1949–1956 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Kathylene: Baby Name Since 1949 - 18 Births, Peak 1949." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kathylene. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Kathylene 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 July 2026.