Kathleen

Girl · recorded 1880–2025

  • #1,150in 2025
  • 1 in 7,996girls in 2025
  • −35%last ten years
  • 3.1×in Pennsylvania

Most popular in 1949. Quieter now: down 35% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

07,70315,40618801916195319892025

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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 146 recorded years as a table
Kathleen, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880231
1881141
1882204
1883187
1884209
1885286
1886298
1887343
1888375
1889488
1890552
1891609
1892702
1893798
1894754
1895822
18961,089
18971,067
18981,183
1899987
19001,071
19011,136
19021,231
19031,344
19041,315
19051,324
19061,395
19071,381
19081,576
19091,518
19101,569
19111,585
19121,765
19131,888
19141,937
19151,972
19162,063
19172,181
19182,271
19192,289
19202,635
19212,773
19222,886
19233,112
19242,933
19252,877
19262,764
19272,738
19282,732
19292,634
19302,730
19312,629
19322,760
19333,096
19343,140
19353,198
19363,222
19373,518
19383,832
19394,246
19404,982
19415,927
19427,919
19438,710
19449,798
194510,559
194611,939
194712,464
194813,697
194915,406
195015,006
195114,835
195213,896
195312,614
195411,563
195511,259
195610,647
19579,654
19589,547
19598,712
19607,955
19617,627
19627,214
19637,028
19646,983
19656,672
19666,200
19675,578
19685,321
19694,919
19704,239
19713,699
19723,351
19732,915
19742,694
19752,432
19762,324
19772,380
19782,443
19792,268
19802,323
19812,264
19822,332
19832,348
19842,367
19852,375
19862,407
19872,396
19882,205
19891,951
19901,933
19911,798
19921,700
19931,516
19941,361
19951,297
19961,202
19971,001
1998984
1999919
2000873
2001743
2002672
2003600
2004546
2005505
2006462
2007405
2008372
2009295
2010278
2011256
2012242
2013246
2014236
2015191
2016192
2017182
2018180
2019167
2020157
2021160
2022139
2023155
2024138
2025125

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Pennsylvania 3.1×
  2. New Jersey 1.9×
  3. Ohio 1.6×
  4. North Carolina 1.4×
  5. New York 1.3×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
201
Rank in 2025
#1,150
How rare
1 in 7,996 girls
Since 1880
713,645

Most popular in 1949, at 15,406 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 35% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Pennsylvania3.1×60
New Jersey1.9×28
Ohio1.6×31
North Carolina1.4×27
New York1.3×41

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