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.

Kathlen

#26,635 most common girls' name of all time · #43,110 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1946–1999

Rank among girls
#26,635
Rank overall
#43,110 of 105,966
First appeared
1946
Years on the list
14 of 146
All-time
85
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1951 #3,698
Best rank
#3,698 1951
Girls Boys peak 10/yr
19601980

Kathlen first appears in 1946. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1999 5 — 5 #14,776
1994 5 — 5 #13,794
1965 6 — 6 #6,186
1960 7 — 7 #5,498
1956 7 — 7 #5,191
1954 5 — 5 #6,329
1953 5 — 5 #6,250
1952 5 — 5 #6,158
1951 10 — 10 #3,698
1950 8 — 8 #4,288
1949 7 — 7 #4,620
1948 5 — 5 #5,895
1947 5 — 5 #5,939
1946 5 — 5 #5,632