Katherine
#41 most common girls' name of all time · #90 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among girls
#41
Rank overall
#90 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
652,750
Since 2016
21,939
Peak year
1990 #26
Best rank
#25 1991
Girls
Boys
peak 11,657/yr
Katherine is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,670 | — | 1,670 | #186 |
| 2024 | 1,746 | — | 1,746 | #175 |
| 2023 | 1,705 | — | 1,705 | #170 |
| 2022 | 1,742 | — | 1,742 | #166 |
| 2021 | 1,821 | — | 1,821 | #157 |
| 2020 | 1,991 | — | 1,991 | #136 |
| 2019 | 2,450 | — | 2,450 | #120 |
| 2018 | 2,677 | — | 2,677 | #112 |
| 2017 | 2,861 | — | 2,861 | #105 |
| 2016 | 3,276 | — | 3,276 | #91 |
| 2015 | 3,454 | 9 | 3,463 | #84 |
| 2014 | 3,691 | 7 | 3,698 | #82 |
| 2013 | 3,723 | — | 3,723 | #77 |
| 2012 | 3,953 | — | 3,953 | #64 |
| 2011 | 4,189 | 5 | 4,194 | #61 |
| 2010 | 3,870 | — | 3,870 | #70 |
| 2009 | 4,432 | 5 | 4,437 | #60 |
| 2008 | 5,350 | 6 | 5,356 | #45 |
| 2007 | 5,818 | 7 | 5,825 | #39 |
| 2006 | 6,295 | 6 | 6,301 | #37 |
| 2005 | 6,392 | 14 | 6,406 | #36 |
| 2004 | 6,742 | 32 | 6,774 | #35 |
| 2003 | 7,126 | 10 | 7,136 | #35 |
| 2002 | 7,212 | 12 | 7,224 | #36 |
| 2001 | 7,880 | 14 | 7,894 | #35 |
| 2000 | 8,109 | 13 | 8,122 | #33 |
| 1999 | 7,935 | 7 | 7,942 | #36 |
| 1998 | 8,207 | 13 | 8,220 | #33 |
| 1997 | 8,518 | 11 | 8,529 | #32 |
| 1996 | 8,877 | 14 | 8,891 | #31 |
| 1995 | 8,987 | 13 | 9,000 | #30 |
| 1994 | 9,586 | 19 | 9,605 | #30 |
| 1993 | 10,506 | 19 | 10,525 | #29 |
| 1992 | 11,149 | 20 | 11,169 | #27 |
| 1991 | 11,495 | 20 | 11,515 | #25 |
| 1990 | 11,625 | 32 | 11,657 | #26 |
| 1989 | 11,415 | 94 | 11,509 | #26 |
| 1988 | 11,154 | 42 | 11,196 | #27 |
| 1987 | 10,438 | 44 | 10,482 | #28 |
| 1986 | 10,570 | 44 | 10,614 | #28 |
| 1985 | 10,128 | 39 | 10,167 | #32 |
| 1984 | 10,157 | 48 | 10,205 | #30 |
| 1983 | 9,684 | 33 | 9,717 | #34 |
| 1982 | 9,179 | 45 | 9,224 | #36 |
| 1981 | 8,433 | 31 | 8,464 | #39 |
| 1980 | 8,017 | 30 | 8,047 | #35 |
| 1979 | 7,464 | 36 | 7,500 | #36 |
| 1978 | 6,625 | 26 | 6,651 | #38 |
| 1977 | 6,030 | 20 | 6,050 | #44 |
| 1976 | 5,051 | 16 | 5,067 | #57 |
| 1975 | 4,851 | 18 | 4,869 | #58 |
| 1974 | 4,530 | 17 | 4,547 | #62 |
| 1973 | 4,420 | 12 | 4,432 | #64 |
| 1972 | 4,514 | 12 | 4,526 | #69 |
| 1971 | 5,120 | 30 | 5,150 | #67 |
| 1970 | 5,443 | 16 | 5,459 | #67 |
| 1969 | 5,167 | 16 | 5,183 | #70 |
| 1968 | 4,716 | 11 | 4,727 | #75 |
| 1967 | 4,560 | 14 | 4,574 | #76 |
| 1966 | 4,492 | 18 | 4,510 | #78 |
| 1965 | 4,706 | 10 | 4,716 | #79 |
| 1964 | 5,074 | 17 | 5,091 | #82 |
| 1963 | 5,124 | 18 | 5,142 | #87 |
| 1962 | 5,272 | 9 | 5,281 | #83 |
| 1961 | 5,632 | 19 | 5,651 | #86 |
| 1960 | 5,876 | 24 | 5,900 | #81 |
| 1959 | 6,139 | 14 | 6,153 | #79 |
| 1958 | 6,433 | 17 | 6,450 | #74 |
| 1957 | 6,637 | 17 | 6,654 | #72 |
| 1956 | 7,082 | 21 | 7,103 | #67 |
| 1955 | 7,239 | 15 | 7,254 | #65 |
| 1954 | 6,740 | 16 | 6,756 | #64 |
| 1953 | 6,559 | 13 | 6,572 | #63 |
| 1952 | 6,891 | 17 | 6,908 | #59 |
| 1951 | 6,930 | 8 | 6,938 | #55 |
| 1950 | 6,205 | 9 | 6,214 | #58 |
| 1949 | 6,039 | 19 | 6,058 | #59 |
| 1948 | 5,169 | 10 | 5,179 | #68 |
| 1947 | 4,884 | 19 | 4,903 | #76 |
| 1946 | 4,197 | 5 | 4,202 | #78 |
| 1945 | 3,393 | 12 | 3,405 | #82 |
| 1944 | 3,525 | 13 | 3,538 | #77 |
| 1943 | 3,616 | 14 | 3,630 | #78 |
| 1942 | 3,376 | 13 | 3,389 | #81 |
| 1941 | 3,004 | 15 | 3,019 | #85 |
| 1940 | 2,709 | 10 | 2,719 | #92 |
| 1939 | 2,476 | 13 | 2,489 | #101 |
| 1938 | 2,575 | 7 | 2,582 | #105 |
| 1937 | 2,484 | 14 | 2,498 | #103 |
| 1936 | 2,355 | 13 | 2,368 | #100 |
| 1935 | 2,340 | 14 | 2,354 | #103 |
| 1934 | 2,388 | 15 | 2,403 | #101 |
| 1933 | 2,330 | 14 | 2,344 | #100 |
| 1932 | 2,588 | 14 | 2,602 | #95 |
| 1931 | 2,624 | 13 | 2,637 | #92 |
| 1930 | 3,033 | 22 | 3,055 | #85 |
| 1929 | 3,016 | 13 | 3,029 | #84 |
| 1928 | 3,398 | 19 | 3,417 | #75 |
| 1927 | 3,724 | 18 | 3,742 | #73 |
| 1926 | 3,834 | 19 | 3,853 | #72 |
| 1925 | 4,240 | 13 | 4,253 | #61 |
| 1924 | 4,695 | 18 | 4,713 | #59 |
| 1923 | 4,579 | 24 | 4,603 | #60 |
| 1922 | 4,827 | 13 | 4,840 | #54 |
| 1921 | 5,156 | 12 | 5,168 | #49 |
| 1920 | 5,276 | 17 | 5,293 | #45 |
| 1919 | 4,846 | 11 | 4,857 | #51 |
| 1918 | 5,191 | 12 | 5,203 | #50 |
| 1917 | 4,956 | 14 | 4,970 | #49 |
| 1916 | 4,801 | 13 | 4,814 | #51 |
| 1915 | 4,488 | 8 | 4,496 | #49 |
| 1914 | 3,652 | 8 | 3,660 | #48 |
| 1913 | 2,794 | 10 | 2,804 | #54 |
| 1912 | 2,546 | — | 2,546 | #53 |
| 1911 | 1,858 | 5 | 1,863 | #55 |
| 1910 | 1,752 | — | 1,752 | #57 |
| 1909 | 1,557 | 8 | 1,565 | #53 |
| 1908 | 1,430 | — | 1,430 | #55 |
| 1907 | 1,413 | 5 | 1,418 | #55 |
| 1906 | 1,277 | — | 1,277 | #56 |
| 1905 | 1,190 | — | 1,190 | #63 |
| 1904 | 1,128 | 11 | 1,139 | #63 |
| 1903 | 1,015 | 5 | 1,020 | #66 |
| 1902 | 1,004 | 5 | 1,009 | #68 |
| 1901 | 890 | — | 890 | #71 |
| 1900 | 1,201 | — | 1,201 | #65 |
| 1899 | 942 | — | 942 | #65 |
| 1898 | 914 | — | 914 | #69 |
| 1897 | 962 | — | 962 | #65 |
| 1896 | 1,047 | — | 1,047 | #61 |
| 1895 | 968 | — | 968 | #65 |
| 1894 | 948 | — | 948 | #64 |
| 1893 | 963 | — | 963 | #62 |
| 1892 | 961 | — | 961 | #60 |
| 1891 | 803 | 5 | 808 | #62 |
| 1890 | 900 | — | 900 | #59 |
| 1889 | 889 | — | 889 | #56 |
| 1888 | 893 | — | 893 | #56 |
| 1887 | 794 | — | 794 | #53 |
| 1886 | 744 | — | 744 | #54 |
| 1885 | 751 | — | 751 | #50 |
| 1884 | 671 | — | 671 | #55 |
| 1883 | 583 | — | 583 | #56 |
| 1882 | 591 | — | 591 | #52 |
| 1881 | 504 | — | 504 | #52 |
| 1880 | 502 | 5 | 507 | #53 |