Katherine
Rank in 2025
#186
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
1,670
girls 1,670
Peak year
1988
11,154 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
652,750
since 1880
Born a Katherine? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Katherine was most popular in 1988, when 11,154 babies recorded as girls got the name (6.3 per 1,000). In 2025, 1,670 babies were named Katherine, ranking #186 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 25%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,670 | 186 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 1,746 | 175 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 1,705 | 170 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 1,742 | 166 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 1,821 | 157 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 1,991 | 136 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 2,450 | 120 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 2,677 | 112 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 2,861 | 105 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 3,276 | 91 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 3,454 | 84 | 9 | 8040 |
| 2014 | 3,691 | 82 | 7 | 9642 |
| 2013 | 3,723 | 77 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 3,953 | 64 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 4,189 | 61 | 5 | 12287 |
| 2010 | 3,870 | 70 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 4,432 | 60 | 5 | 12491 |
| 2008 | 5,350 | 45 | 6 | 11037 |
| 2007 | 5,818 | 39 | 7 | 9788 |
| 2006 | 6,295 | 37 | 6 | 10662 |
| 2005 | 6,392 | 36 | 14 | 5578 |
| 2004 | 6,742 | 35 | 32 | 3074 |
| 2003 | 7,126 | 35 | 10 | 6715 |
| 2002 | 7,212 | 36 | 12 | 5725 |
| 2001 | 7,880 | 35 | 14 | 5142 |
| 2000 | 8,109 | 33 | 13 | 5297 |
| 1999 | 7,935 | 36 | 7 | 7874 |
| 1998 | 8,207 | 33 | 13 | 4873 |
| 1997 | 8,518 | 32 | 11 | 5288 |
| 1996 | 8,877 | 31 | 14 | 4396 |
| 1995 | 8,987 | 30 | 13 | 4508 |
| 1994 | 9,586 | 30 | 19 | 3469 |
| 1993 | 10,506 | 29 | 19 | 3368 |
| 1992 | 11,149 | 27 | 20 | 3220 |
| 1991 | 11,495 | 25 | 20 | 3105 |
| 1990 | 11,625 | 26 | 32 | 2214 |
| 1989 | 11,415 | 26 | 94 | 1082 |
| 1988 | 11,154 | 27 | 42 | 1671 |
| 1987 | 10,438 | 28 | 44 | 1587 |
| 1986 | 10,570 | 28 | 44 | 1511 |
| 1985 | 10,128 | 32 | 39 | 1614 |
| 1984 | 10,157 | 30 | 48 | 1365 |
| 1983 | 9,684 | 34 | 33 | 1711 |
| 1982 | 9,179 | 36 | 45 | 1415 |
| 1981 | 8,433 | 39 | 31 | 1811 |
| 1980 | 8,017 | 35 | 30 | 1852 |
| 1979 | 7,464 | 36 | 36 | 1598 |
| 1978 | 6,625 | 38 | 26 | 1913 |
| 1977 | 6,030 | 44 | 20 | 2270 |
| 1976 | 5,051 | 57 | 16 | 2601 |
| 1975 | 4,851 | 58 | 18 | 2361 |
| 1974 | 4,530 | 62 | 17 | 2358 |
| 1973 | 4,420 | 64 | 12 | 2857 |
| 1972 | 4,514 | 69 | 12 | 2819 |
| 1971 | 5,120 | 67 | 30 | 1597 |
| 1970 | 5,443 | 67 | 16 | 2293 |
| 1969 | 5,167 | 70 | 16 | 2130 |
| 1968 | 4,716 | 75 | 11 | 2576 |
| 1967 | 4,560 | 76 | 14 | 2139 |
| 1966 | 4,492 | 78 | 18 | 1814 |
| 1965 | 4,706 | 79 | 10 | 2617 |
| 1964 | 5,074 | 82 | 17 | 1975 |
| 1963 | 5,124 | 87 | 18 | 1902 |
| 1962 | 5,272 | 83 | 9 | 2848 |
| 1961 | 5,632 | 86 | 19 | 1876 |
| 1960 | 5,876 | 81 | 24 | 1658 |
| 1959 | 6,139 | 79 | 14 | 2200 |
| 1958 | 6,433 | 74 | 17 | 1953 |
| 1957 | 6,637 | 72 | 17 | 1952 |
| 1956 | 7,082 | 67 | 21 | 1722 |
| 1955 | 7,239 | 65 | 15 | 2048 |
| 1954 | 6,740 | 64 | 16 | 1956 |
| 1953 | 6,559 | 63 | 13 | 2186 |
| 1952 | 6,891 | 59 | 17 | 1856 |
| 1951 | 6,930 | 55 | 8 | 2844 |
| 1950 | 6,205 | 58 | 9 | 2580 |
| 1949 | 6,039 | 59 | 19 | 1702 |
| 1948 | 5,169 | 68 | 10 | 2443 |
| 1947 | 4,884 | 76 | 19 | 1733 |
| 1946 | 4,197 | 78 | 5 | 3525 |
| 1945 | 3,393 | 82 | 12 | 2009 |
| 1944 | 3,525 | 77 | 13 | 1988 |
| 1943 | 3,616 | 78 | 14 | 1986 |
| 1942 | 3,376 | 81 | 13 | 2042 |
| 1941 | 3,004 | 85 | 15 | 1821 |
| 1940 | 2,709 | 91 | 10 | 2322 |
| 1939 | 2,476 | 101 | 13 | 1958 |
| 1938 | 2,575 | 105 | 7 | 2868 |
| 1937 | 2,484 | 103 | 14 | 1913 |
| 1936 | 2,355 | 100 | 13 | 1964 |
| 1935 | 2,340 | 103 | 14 | 1929 |
| 1934 | 2,388 | 101 | 15 | 1860 |
| 1933 | 2,330 | 100 | 14 | 1905 |
| 1932 | 2,588 | 95 | 14 | 1995 |
| 1931 | 2,624 | 91 | 13 | 2101 |
| 1930 | 3,033 | 85 | 22 | 1559 |
| 1929 | 3,016 | 84 | 13 | 2199 |
| 1928 | 3,398 | 75 | 19 | 1760 |
| 1927 | 3,724 | 73 | 18 | 1871 |
| 1926 | 3,834 | 72 | 19 | 1787 |
| 1925 | 4,240 | 61 | 13 | 2313 |
| 1924 | 4,695 | 59 | 18 | 1894 |
| 1923 | 4,579 | 60 | 24 | 1551 |
| 1922 | 4,827 | 54 | 13 | 2347 |
| 1921 | 5,156 | 49 | 12 | 2502 |
| 1920 | 5,276 | 45 | 17 | 1966 |
| 1919 | 4,846 | 51 | 11 | 2511 |
| 1918 | 5,191 | 50 | 12 | 2398 |
| 1917 | 4,956 | 49 | 14 | 2091 |
| 1916 | 4,801 | 51 | 13 | 2152 |
| 1915 | 4,488 | 49 | 8 | 2829 |
| 1914 | 3,652 | 48 | 8 | 2457 |
| 1913 | 2,794 | 54 | 10 | 1803 |
| 1912 | 2,546 | 53 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 1,858 | 55 | 5 | 1740 |
| 1910 | 1,752 | 57 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 1,557 | 53 | 8 | 1083 |
| 1908 | 1,430 | 55 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 1,413 | 55 | 5 | 1345 |
| 1906 | 1,277 | 56 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 1,190 | 63 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 1,128 | 63 | 11 | 723 |
| 1903 | 1,015 | 66 | 5 | 1130 |
| 1902 | 1,004 | 68 | 5 | 1137 |
| 1901 | 890 | 71 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 1,201 | 65 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 942 | 65 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 914 | 69 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 962 | 65 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 1,047 | 61 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 968 | 65 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 948 | 64 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 963 | 62 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 961 | 60 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 803 | 62 | 5 | 963 |
| 1890 | 900 | 59 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 889 | 56 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 893 | 56 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 794 | 53 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 744 | 54 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 751 | 50 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 671 | 55 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 583 | 56 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 591 | 52 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 504 | 52 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 502 | 53 | 5 | 909 |
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Where Katherine is most popular
- District of Columbia2.5×
- Alabama1.5×
- Mississippi1.4×
- Virginia1.3×
- Maryland1.3×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years