Kathryn

Girl · recorded 1880–2025

  • #729in 2025
  • 1 in 4,218girls in 2025
  • −59%last ten years
  • 2.8×in Pennsylvania

Most popular in 1951.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

02,3494,69818801916195319892025

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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
Kathryn, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18802,242
18812,371
18822,522
18832,582
18842,666
18852,405
18862,650
18872,630
18882,497
18892,327
18902,490
18912,717
18922,585
18932,508
18942,333
18952,504
18962,627
18972,434
18982,593
18992,665
19002,405
19012,590
19022,715
19032,783
19042,858
19052,702
19063,085
19072,712
19083,165
19093,277
19103,021
19113,340
19123,413
19133,596
19143,809
19153,840
19163,766
19173,685
19183,514
19193,385
19203,407
19213,407
19223,157
19233,079
19242,881
19252,680
19262,610
19272,460
19282,325
19292,180
19302,234
19312,068
19322,121
19332,104
19342,162
19352,028
19362,028
19372,186
19382,068
19392,169
19402,132
19412,375
19422,480
19432,614
19442,905
19453,038
19463,181
19473,436
19483,638
19494,199
19504,590
19514,698
19524,586
19534,425
19544,190
19553,907
19563,782
19573,526
19583,641
19593,334
19602,902
19612,589
19622,597
19632,439
19642,599
19652,355
19662,369
19672,238
19682,171
19692,144
19702,127
19712,055
19722,056
19731,978
19742,038
19752,021
19762,226
19772,586
19783,139
19793,309
19803,329
19813,491
19823,711
19833,813
19843,883
19853,855
19863,727
19873,588
19883,561
19893,414
19903,346
19913,110
19923,084
19932,815
19942,587
19952,461
19962,340
19972,225
19982,096
19992,024
20002,007
20011,850
20021,730
20031,613
20041,501
20051,396
20061,273
20071,153
2008942
2009827
2010771
2011761
2012698
2013675
2014626
2015572
2016473
2017433
2018411
2019388
2020355
2021311
2022276
2023269
2024243
2025237

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

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

  1. Pennsylvania 2.8×
  2. South Carolina 2.7×
  3. Kentucky 2.6×
  4. Alabama 2.2×
  5. Louisiana 2.0×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
381
Rank in 2025
#729
How rare
1 in 4,218 girls
Since 1880
455,423

Most popular in 1951, at 4,698 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 59% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Pennsylvania2.8×99
South Carolina2.7×36
Kentucky2.6×34
Alabama2.2×30
Louisiana2.0×26

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