Kathryn Girl
How popular is Kathryn?
#729 girl name in 2025
381 baby girls were named Kathryn in the US in 2025, making it the 729th most popular girl name.
Kathryn popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #729 for girls (▼ 15 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 381 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-63% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #318 in 2015, #525 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1952 (8,504 girls) |
| Highest rank | #45 in 1951 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kathryn counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kathryn family of names ranked #668 for girls in 2025 (#633 the year before), with 404 babies in all.
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 Kathryn is most popular
Babies named Kathryn per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Pennsylvania: 0.7 per 1,000 (164 girls)
- Mississippi: 0.7 per 1,000 (32 girls)
- South Carolina: 0.7 per 1,000 (61 girls)
- Alabama: 0.7 per 1,000 (62 girls)
- Kentucky: 0.7 per 1,000 (56 girls)
Kathryn by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,276 | #86 |
| 1890s | 5,653 | #87 |
| 1900s | 8,333 | #74 |
| 1910s | 29,235 | #60 |
| 1920s | 33,791 | #64 |
| 1930s | 22,583 | #101 |
| 1940s | 44,581 | #52 |
| 1950s | 77,803 | #45 |
| 1960s | 44,864 | #82 |
| 1970s | 36,434 | #50 |
| 1980s | 62,443 | #48 |
| 1990s | 47,179 | #57 |
| 2000s | 26,307 | #89 |
| 2010s | 10,199 | #230 |
| 2020s | 2,742 | #525 |
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Questions
- Is Kathryn a boy or girl name?
- Kathryn is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kathryn were girls.
- How popular is the name Kathryn?
- 381 baby girls were named Kathryn in the US in 2025, making it the 729th most popular girl name.
- When was Kathryn most popular?
- Kathryn peaked in 1952, when 8,504 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #45 in 1951.
- How many people are named Kathryn?
- 456,515 babies have been named Kathryn in the US since 1880. We estimate about 319,718 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 49.
- Where is Kathryn most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kathryn was most common in Pennsylvania, at 0.7 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.