Kathreen

Girl · recorded 1912–2001

  • 2001last recorded
  • 1912best year

Most popular in 1912.

Last recorded in 2001. 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 Kathreen.

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Its story

Popularity since 1912

05919121934195719792001

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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 55 recorded years as a table
Kathreen, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19129
19178
19195
19205
19215
19227
19244
19257
19325
19335
19346
19404
19417
19434
19445
19455
19464
19475
19485
19494
19507
19517
19524
19534
19543
19553
19564
19576
19582
19592
19602
19624
19633
19645
19663
19673
19685
19714
19734
19783
19793
19814
19823
19835
19846
19855
19875
19894
19903
19913
19923
19934
19963
19973
20013

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Kathreen 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 2001
6
Rank in 2001
#13,521
How rare
1 in 300,104 girls
Since 1912
372

Kathreen was last recorded in 2001. 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 1912, at 9 per million girls born.

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

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