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.

Kathryn

#75 most common girls' name of all time · #148 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#75
Rank overall
#148 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
456,515
Since 2016
5,679
Peak year
1952 #48
Best rank
#45 1951
Girls Boys peak 8,517/yr
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Kathryn 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 381 — 381 #729
2024 393 — 393 #714
2023 432 — 432 #678
2022 452 — 452 #655
2021 510 — 510 #589
2020 574 — 574 #525
2019 651 — 651 #483
2018 699 — 699 #452
2017 748 — 748 #426
2016 839 — 839 #396
2015 1,021 — 1,021 #318
2014 1,118 — 1,118 #292
2013 1,184 — 1,184 #270
2012 1,230 — 1,230 #264
2011 1,339 — 1,339 #235
2010 1,370 — 1,370 #230
2009 1,520 6 1,526 #213
2008 1,782 — 1,782 #190
2007 2,216 5 2,221 #163
2006 2,420 5 2,425 #143
2005 2,579 6 2,585 #125
2004 2,757 18 2,775 #122
2003 2,948 — 2,948 #117
2002 3,109 6 3,115 #108
2001 3,332 6 3,338 #97
2000 3,644 — 3,644 #89
1999 3,590 — 3,590 #91
1998 3,703 — 3,703 #89
1997 3,873 8 3,881 #86
1996 4,102 — 4,102 #87
1995 4,328 7 4,335 #83
1994 4,620 6 4,626 #79
1993 5,092 8 5,100 #68
1992 5,686 10 5,696 #60
1991 5,832 12 5,844 #57
1990 6,353 7 6,360 #57
1989 6,294 38 6,332 #58
1988 6,342 23 6,365 #55
1987 6,238 26 6,264 #51
1986 6,393 35 6,428 #48
1985 6,634 29 6,663 #48
1984 6,538 25 6,563 #48
1983 6,370 32 6,402 #50
1982 6,284 28 6,312 #48
1981 5,823 19 5,842 #48
1980 5,527 25 5,552 #50
1979 5,312 22 5,334 #50
1978 4,808 22 4,830 #57
1977 3,964 13 3,977 #70
1976 3,262 12 3,274 #88
1975 2,947 9 2,956 #99
1974 2,991 6 2,997 #98
1973 2,885 8 2,893 #107
1972 3,127 16 3,143 #103
1971 3,419 9 3,428 #111
1970 3,719 11 3,730 #104
1969 3,617 — 3,617 #104
1968 3,561 13 3,574 #100
1967 3,695 — 3,695 #92
1966 4,008 14 4,022 #86
1965 4,157 10 4,167 #87
1964 4,924 24 4,948 #84
1963 4,701 15 4,716 #93
1962 5,107 18 5,125 #88
1961 5,226 14 5,240 #93
1960 5,868 16 5,884 #82
1959 6,746 18 6,764 #69
1958 7,324 16 7,340 #58
1957 7,211 18 7,229 #65
1956 7,594 13 7,607 #60
1955 7,640 14 7,654 #59
1954 8,137 8 8,145 #51
1953 8,324 13 8,337 #48
1952 8,504 13 8,517 #48
1951 8,460 11 8,471 #45
1950 7,863 6 7,869 #46
1949 7,184 12 7,196 #52
1948 6,177 8 6,185 #54
1947 6,091 9 6,100 #55
1946 4,999 6 5,005 #63
1945 3,971 15 3,986 #65
1944 3,855 9 3,864 #68
1943 3,647 14 3,661 #75
1942 3,350 10 3,360 #82
1941 2,869 8 2,877 #87
1940 2,438 11 2,449 #103
1939 2,379 7 2,386 #106
1938 2,282 — 2,282 #113
1937 2,326 10 2,336 #108
1936 2,110 10 2,120 #113
1935 2,127 11 2,138 #111
1934 2,258 8 2,266 #108
1933 2,121 9 2,130 #108
1932 2,263 12 2,275 #107
1931 2,202 8 2,210 #108
1930 2,515 14 2,529 #101
1929 2,434 8 2,442 #104
1928 2,681 6 2,687 #99
1927 2,933 8 2,941 #90
1926 3,094 10 3,104 #87
1925 3,262 5 3,267 #88
1924 3,598 7 3,605 #81
1923 3,714 6 3,720 #72
1922 3,792 7 3,799 #73
1921 4,201 9 4,210 #64
1920 4,082 11 4,093 #67
1919 3,825 9 3,834 #66
1918 4,068 10 4,078 #63
1917 3,984 10 3,994 #60
1916 3,933 — 3,933 #60
1915 3,778 10 3,788 #60
1914 2,901 — 2,901 #63
1913 2,246 6 2,252 #66
1912 1,905 — 1,905 #71
1911 1,397 — 1,397 #73
1910 1,198 — 1,198 #80
1909 1,138 — 1,138 #74
1908 1,058 — 1,058 #77
1907 864 — 864 #88
1906 911 — 911 #79
1905 788 — 788 #86
1904 787 — 787 #83
1903 729 — 729 #86
1902 717 — 717 #88
1901 620 — 620 #90
1900 721 — 721 #93
1899 621 — 621 #87
1898 671 7 678 #89
1897 570 — 570 #93
1896 625 — 625 #88
1895 585 — 585 #90
1894 520 — 520 #96
1893 534 — 534 #90
1892 549 — 549 #88
1891 504 — 504 #87
1890 474 — 474 #91
1889 415 — 415 #94
1888 446 — 446 #93
1887 384 — 384 #87
1886 383 — 383 #89
1885 320 — 320 #92
1884 344 — 344 #89
1883 290 — 290 #93
1882 272 — 272 #96
1881 218 — 218 #98
1880 204 — 204 #103