Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kathleen

#34 most common girls' name of all time · #81 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#34
Rank overall
#81 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
715,336
Since 2016
2,656
Peak year
1951 #10
Best rank
#9 1949
Girls Boys peak 26,749/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Kathleen 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 201 — 201 #1,151
2024 223 — 223 #1,099
2023 248 — 248 #1,018
2022 228 — 228 #1,097
2021 262 — 262 #987
2020 253 — 253 #1,004
2019 280 — 280 #944
2018 306 — 306 #883
2017 314 — 314 #871
2016 341 — 341 #838
2015 341 — 341 #823
2014 422 — 422 #674
2013 432 — 432 #660
2012 427 — 427 #661
2011 451 — 451 #630
2010 495 — 495 #594
2009 542 — 542 #563
2008 704 — 704 #448
2007 779 — 779 #422
2006 878 — 878 #371
2005 934 — 934 #339
2004 1,002 — 1,002 #316
2003 1,096 — 1,096 #284
2002 1,208 — 1,208 #262
2001 1,337 — 1,337 #237
2000 1,585 — 1,585 #204
1999 1,630 — 1,630 #192
1998 1,739 — 1,739 #171
1997 1,742 — 1,742 #175
1996 2,107 — 2,107 #152
1995 2,280 — 2,280 #139
1994 2,430 — 2,430 #130
1993 2,742 — 2,742 #118
1992 3,135 — 3,135 #108
1991 3,371 5 3,376 #102
1990 3,670 14 3,684 #92
1989 3,596 27 3,623 #90
1988 3,927 11 3,938 #75
1987 4,165 20 4,185 #72
1986 4,129 16 4,145 #68
1985 4,087 22 4,109 #68
1984 3,985 25 4,010 #71
1983 3,923 20 3,943 #73
1982 3,949 19 3,968 #77
1981 3,776 14 3,790 #82
1980 3,857 10 3,867 #82
1979 3,641 8 3,649 #84
1978 3,743 17 3,760 #79
1977 3,649 16 3,665 #80
1976 3,405 15 3,420 #82
1975 3,545 18 3,563 #80
1974 3,953 23 3,976 #76
1973 4,250 19 4,269 #68
1972 5,097 22 5,119 #57
1971 6,154 17 6,171 #53
1970 7,410 23 7,433 #45
1969 8,299 24 8,323 #42
1968 8,729 33 8,762 #40
1967 9,209 31 9,240 #40
1966 10,491 33 10,524 #37
1965 11,778 33 11,811 #34
1964 13,231 28 13,259 #30
1963 13,547 29 13,576 #28
1962 14,188 30 14,218 #29
1961 15,395 27 15,422 #29
1960 16,085 32 16,117 #27
1959 17,629 48 17,677 #23
1958 19,205 50 19,255 #21
1957 19,742 36 19,778 #21
1956 21,377 40 21,417 #17
1955 22,014 33 22,047 #17
1954 22,455 41 22,496 #14
1953 23,731 35 23,766 #14
1952 25,767 38 25,805 #11
1951 26,716 33 26,749 #10
1950 25,706 40 25,746 #10
1949 26,357 56 26,413 #9
1948 23,257 38 23,295 #10
1947 22,095 48 22,143 #11
1946 18,760 33 18,793 #16
1945 13,802 35 13,837 #19
1944 13,004 27 13,031 #20
1943 12,153 33 12,186 #22
1942 10,696 36 10,732 #24
1941 7,160 30 7,190 #36
1940 5,697 26 5,723 #40
1939 4,656 18 4,674 #48
1938 4,228 19 4,247 #58
1937 3,743 15 3,758 #61
1936 3,352 12 3,364 #67
1935 3,353 14 3,367 #71
1934 3,279 23 3,302 #74
1933 3,121 15 3,136 #77
1932 2,945 13 2,958 #83
1931 2,799 13 2,812 #87
1930 3,074 16 3,090 #84
1929 2,941 20 2,961 #89
1928 3,151 15 3,166 #82
1927 3,265 9 3,274 #83
1926 3,277 5 3,282 #83
1925 3,503 11 3,514 #81
1924 3,663 7 3,670 #76
1923 3,754 10 3,764 #70
1922 3,466 — 3,466 #80
1921 3,419 5 3,424 #83
1920 3,158 — 3,158 #91
1919 2,587 — 2,587 #101
1918 2,629 — 2,629 #99
1917 2,358 — 2,358 #101
1916 2,154 8 2,162 #104
1915 1,940 6 1,946 #104
1914 1,475 — 1,475 #110
1913 1,179 — 1,179 #111
1912 985 — 985 #118
1911 663 — 663 #126
1910 622 — 622 #131
1909 527 — 527 #136
1908 527 — 527 #132
1907 440 — 440 #149
1906 412 — 412 #143
1905 386 — 386 #152
1904 362 — 362 #147
1903 352 — 352 #149
1902 325 — 325 #159
1901 272 — 272 #169
1900 321 — 321 #171
1899 230 — 230 #184
1898 306 — 306 #163
1897 250 — 250 #173
1896 259 — 259 #169
1895 192 — 192 #196
1894 168 — 168 #206
1893 170 — 170 #196
1892 149 — 149 #208
1891 113 — 113 #229
1890 105 — 105 #239
1889 87 — 87 #253
1888 67 — 67 #286
1887 50 — 50 #306
1886 43 — 43 #322
1885 38 — 38 #333
1884 27 — 27 #388
1883 21 — 21 #413
1882 22 — 22 #381
1881 13 — 13 #473
1880 21 — 21 #358