Katheleen

Girl · recorded 1909–2008

  • 2008last recorded
  • 1952best year

Most popular in 1952.

Last recorded in 2008. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Katheleen.

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Its story

Popularity since 1909

091819091934195919832008

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 90 recorded years as a table
Katheleen, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190917
191313
191412
191510
19168
191712
191812
191917
192015
192111
192216
192314
19249
192516
192613
192718
192816
192917
193011
19319
193215
193311
193411
193517
193611
19376
193813
193911
194013
194114
194211
19436
194411
19458
19468
194713
194811
194912
195012
195112
195218
195316
195415
195515
195612
195712
195814
195911
19607
19618
196211
196311
196410
196510
196610
19677
196810
196911
19706
19715
19724
19734
19747
19757
19765
19778
19785
19805
19815
19826
19845
19854
19868
19874
19884
19903
19916
19925
19934
19943
19953
19963
19973
19985
19993
20003
20044
20053
20073
20083

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Katheleen isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2008
5
Rank in 2008
#17,504
How rare
1 in 378,187 girls
Since 1909
1,230

Katheleen was last recorded in 2008. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1952, at 18 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Katheleen doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.