Kathyrn
Kathyrn was last recorded in 2018, when 6 babies were given it; 3,172 Americans have been recorded with it between 1882 and 2018 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,190 Americans named Kathyrn and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (69% of everyone recorded); the median is 63 years old and half are between 44 and 72.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Kathyrn by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Kathyrn?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #14,719, in 2018; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
105 babies in 1953, the peak
Kathyrn peaked in 1953, when 105 girls were given it, #921 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6 | #14,719 | 3.5 |
| 2011 | 7 | #14,047 | 4.0 |
| 2009 | 6 | #16,211 | 3.3 |
| 2008 | 7 | #14,574 | 3.7 |
| 2007 | 7 | #14,670 | 3.6 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,985 | 6.8 |
| 2005 | 9 | #11,358 | 4.9 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,562 | 6.0 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,743 | 9.3 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,617 | 7.8 |
Every recorded year (108)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 14 | #7,518 | 7.8 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,328 | 9.4 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,768 | 10.1 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,313 | 7.4 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,505 | 10.3 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,203 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 15 | #6,101 | 8.5 |
| 1994 | 27 | #3,947 | 15.1 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,316 | 9.9 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,762 | 11.4 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,395 | 12.3 |
| 1990 | 23 | #4,298 | 12.1 |
| 1989 | 22 | #4,299 | 11.9 |
| 1988 | 35 | #2,943 | 19.7 |
| 1987 | 26 | #3,461 | 15.0 |
| 1986 | 30 | #3,085 | 17.5 |
| 1985 | 27 | #3,281 | 15.7 |
| 1984 | 38 | #2,493 | 22.6 |
| 1983 | 43 | #2,252 | 25.7 |
| 1982 | 39 | #2,467 | 23.0 |
| 1981 | 22 | #3,670 | 13.2 |
| 1980 | 28 | #3,097 | 16.9 |
| 1979 | 28 | #3,028 | 17.4 |
| 1978 | 26 | #3,045 | 17.0 |
| 1977 | 27 | #2,950 | 17.6 |
| 1976 | 32 | #2,511 | 21.8 |
| 1975 | 18 | #3,689 | 12.3 |
| 1974 | 25 | #2,868 | 17.0 |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,167 | 14.4 |
| 1972 | 24 | #2,854 | 15.8 |
| 1971 | 37 | #2,194 | 22.2 |
| 1970 | 28 | #2,607 | 16.0 |
| 1969 | 27 | #2,546 | 16.0 |
| 1968 | 36 | #2,009 | 21.9 |
| 1967 | 39 | #1,895 | 23.6 |
| 1966 | 37 | #1,897 | 21.9 |
| 1965 | 28 | #2,272 | 15.9 |
| 1964 | 49 | #1,647 | 25.9 |
| 1963 | 54 | #1,534 | 28.0 |
| 1962 | 51 | #1,581 | 25.9 |
| 1961 | 58 | #1,470 | 28.7 |
| 1960 | 68 | #1,344 | 33.6 |
| 1959 | 62 | #1,363 | 30.6 |
| 1958 | 82 | #1,176 | 40.8 |
| 1957 | 94 | #1,077 | 46.0 |
| 1956 | 78 | #1,182 | 38.9 |
| 1955 | 76 | #1,148 | 38.9 |
| 1954 | 104 | #946 | 53.6 |
| 1953 | 105 | #921 | 55.8 |
| 1952 | 81 | #1,050 | 43.7 |
| 1951 | 99 | #922 | 55.0 |
| 1950 | 85 | #990 | 49.6 |
| 1949 | 80 | #1,009 | 46.8 |
| 1948 | 57 | #1,201 | 33.6 |
| 1947 | 41 | #1,474 | 23.1 |
| 1946 | 41 | #1,365 | 26.1 |
| 1945 | 32 | #1,432 | 24.5 |
| 1944 | 34 | #1,392 | 25.6 |
| 1943 | 26 | #1,683 | 18.6 |
| 1942 | 20 | #1,947 | 14.8 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,845 | 16.6 |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,867 | 16.6 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,285 | 7.3 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,907 | 16.3 |
| 1937 | 18 | #1,877 | 16.9 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,328 | 12.5 |
| 1935 | 16 | #2,051 | 15.3 |
| 1934 | 18 | #1,873 | 17.2 |
| 1933 | 14 | #2,216 | 13.9 |
| 1932 | 16 | #2,079 | 15.0 |
| 1931 | 23 | #1,614 | 21.6 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,368 | 12.4 |
| 1929 | 27 | #1,503 | 24.2 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,558 | 11.3 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,622 | 10.9 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,412 | 12.7 |
| 1925 | 24 | #1,770 | 19.7 |
| 1924 | 25 | #1,737 | 20.0 |
| 1923 | 30 | #1,504 | 24.9 |
| 1922 | 34 | #1,390 | 28.3 |
| 1921 | 28 | #1,595 | 22.7 |
| 1920 | 18 | #2,121 | 15.0 |
| 1919 | 22 | #1,778 | 19.5 |
| 1918 | 27 | #1,553 | 23.3 |
| 1917 | 25 | #1,534 | 23.1 |
| 1916 | 28 | #1,387 | 26.8 |
| 1915 | 23 | #1,546 | 23.4 |
| 1914 | 16 | #1,693 | 21.0 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,828 | 19.2 |
| 1911 | 7 | #2,076 | 16.7 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,284 | 15.1 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,675 | 23.0 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,761 | 20.9 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,809 | 20.6 |
| 1904 | 5 | #2,020 | 18.2 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,935 | 19.1 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,914 | 18.9 |
| 1882 | 7 | #776 | 64.9 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Kathyrn a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Kathyrn has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 108 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Kathyrn: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Kathyrn, and how old are they?
2,190 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 69% of the 3,172 Americans ever recorded as Kathyrn. The median Kathyrn alive today is 63 years old; half are between 44 and 72.
The 2020 Census counted 2,367 people named Kathyrn (2,365 women and girls, 2 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,368 born in the U.S. The Census count matches that prediction to within 1%.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 113 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,060 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 427 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 412 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 169 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 6 |
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 Kathyrn born?
The states with the most babies named Kathyrn are California, Pennsylvania and Ohio, with 51% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 129 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Pennsylvania | 99 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Ohio | 48 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Texas | 46 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Illinois | 45 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Iowa | 21 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Michigan | 20 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Wisconsin | 18 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Washington | 13 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Missouri | 12 | not ranked | 0.1× |
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 Kathyrn 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 485,768 babies since 1880, Kathyrn is the fifth most given (<1% of them). In 2025 none of their 460 babies recorded by SSA was a Kathyrn (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
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 Kathyrn
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 Kathyrn and names like it
- Compare Kathyrn and KathrynBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sKathyrn peaked in 1953.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Kathyrn since 1910.
- The top names of 1953The year the most babies were named Kathyrn.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Kathyrn alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with KMost given first.