Katherine Girl
How popular is Katherine?
#186 girl name in 2025
1,670 baby girls were named Katherine in the US in 2025, making it the 186th most popular girl name.
Katherine popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #186 for girls (▼ 11 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,670 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-52% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #84 in 2015, #136 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1990 (11,625 girls) |
| Highest rank | #25 in 1991 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Katherine counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Katherine family of names ranked #122 for girls in 2025 (#120 the year before), with 2,730 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Katherine | 1,670 | 61% |
| Catherine | 972 | 36% |
| Katheryn | 45 | 2% |
| Katherin | 34 | 1% |
| Katheryne | 9 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Katherine is most popular
Babies named Katherine per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- District of Columbia: 3.3 per 1,000 (39 girls)
- Alabama: 2.3 per 1,000 (219 girls)
- Mississippi: 2.2 per 1,000 (104 girls)
- Kansas: 1.9 per 1,000 (107 girls)
- Kentucky: 1.8 per 1,000 (157 girls)
Katherine by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6,922 | #50 |
| 1890s | 9,408 | #59 |
| 1900s | 12,105 | #53 |
| 1910s | 36,884 | #48 |
| 1920s | 42,745 | #45 |
| 1930s | 25,193 | #85 |
| 1940s | 39,912 | #59 |
| 1950s | 66,855 | #55 |
| 1960s | 50,619 | #70 |
| 1970s | 54,048 | #36 |
| 1980s | 99,175 | #26 |
| 1990s | 96,885 | #25 |
| 2000s | 65,356 | #33 |
| 2010s | 34,144 | #61 |
| 2020s | 10,675 | #136 |
Girl names about as popular as Katherine
Questions
- Is Katherine a boy or girl name?
- Katherine is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Katherine were girls.
- How popular is the name Katherine?
- 1,670 baby girls were named Katherine in the US in 2025, making it the 186th most popular girl name.
- When was Katherine most popular?
- Katherine peaked in 1990, when 11,625 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #25 in 1991.
- How many people are named Katherine?
- 652,750 babies have been named Katherine in the US since 1880. We estimate about 486,433 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 40.
- Where is Katherine most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Katherine was most common in District of Columbia, at 3.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.