Girls' name · since 1966
Marykathleen
Marykathleen has 83 recorded births since 1966 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1983 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 83
- total births
- 1966–1999
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 43%
- born in that decade
83 girls have been named Marykathleen since 1966, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Marykathleen recorded 83 times among girls since 1966, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 1999.
- 83 total births
- 1966–1999 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 43% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Marykathleen's 83 recorded births place it above 59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marykathleen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Marykathleen splits its recorded history at 1988: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1966 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1983 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Marykathleen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–1999
- Peak year (1983)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Marykathleen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Marykathleen's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Marykathleen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 14
1970s
14 births
- 1980s
1980s
28 births
- 1990s
1990s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 36 births (43% of all-time use).
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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, 1966–1999 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Marykathleen: Baby Name Since 1966 - 83 Births, Peak 1983." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/marykathleen. 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 Marykathleen 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.