Kathleen
Rank in 2025
#1150
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
201
girls 201
Peak year
1949
26,357 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
715,336
since 1880
Born a Kathleen? 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
Kathleen was most popular in 1949, when 26,357 babies recorded as girls got the name (15.4 per 1,000). In 2025, 201 babies were named Kathleen, ranking #1150 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 17%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 201 | 1150 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 223 | 1099 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 248 | 1018 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 228 | 1095 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 262 | 987 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 253 | 1004 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 280 | 944 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 306 | 883 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 314 | 870 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 341 | 838 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 341 | 823 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 422 | 674 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 432 | 660 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 427 | 661 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 451 | 630 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 495 | 594 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 542 | 563 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 704 | 448 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 779 | 422 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 878 | 371 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 934 | 339 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 1,002 | 316 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 1,096 | 284 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 1,208 | 262 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 1,337 | 236 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 1,585 | 204 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 1,630 | 192 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 1,739 | 171 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 1,742 | 175 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 2,107 | 152 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 2,280 | 139 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 2,430 | 130 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 2,742 | 118 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 3,135 | 108 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 3,371 | 102 | 5 | 8236 |
| 1990 | 3,670 | 92 | 14 | 3971 |
| 1989 | 3,596 | 90 | 27 | 2416 |
| 1988 | 3,927 | 75 | 11 | 4162 |
| 1987 | 4,165 | 72 | 20 | 2641 |
| 1986 | 4,129 | 68 | 16 | 3005 |
| 1985 | 4,087 | 68 | 22 | 2357 |
| 1984 | 3,985 | 71 | 25 | 2098 |
| 1983 | 3,923 | 73 | 20 | 2408 |
| 1982 | 3,949 | 77 | 19 | 2518 |
| 1981 | 3,776 | 82 | 14 | 3030 |
| 1980 | 3,857 | 82 | 10 | 3838 |
| 1979 | 3,641 | 84 | 8 | 4403 |
| 1978 | 3,743 | 79 | 17 | 2568 |
| 1977 | 3,649 | 80 | 16 | 2665 |
| 1976 | 3,405 | 82 | 15 | 2709 |
| 1975 | 3,545 | 80 | 18 | 2361 |
| 1974 | 3,953 | 76 | 23 | 1934 |
| 1973 | 4,250 | 68 | 19 | 2124 |
| 1972 | 5,097 | 57 | 22 | 1928 |
| 1971 | 6,154 | 53 | 17 | 2279 |
| 1970 | 7,410 | 45 | 23 | 1847 |
| 1969 | 8,299 | 42 | 24 | 1680 |
| 1968 | 8,729 | 40 | 33 | 1339 |
| 1967 | 9,209 | 40 | 31 | 1364 |
| 1966 | 10,491 | 37 | 33 | 1327 |
| 1965 | 11,778 | 34 | 33 | 1335 |
| 1964 | 13,231 | 30 | 28 | 1487 |
| 1963 | 13,547 | 28 | 29 | 1455 |
| 1962 | 14,188 | 29 | 30 | 1423 |
| 1961 | 15,395 | 29 | 27 | 1552 |
| 1960 | 16,085 | 27 | 32 | 1400 |
| 1959 | 17,629 | 23 | 48 | 1117 |
| 1958 | 19,205 | 21 | 50 | 1081 |
| 1957 | 19,742 | 21 | 36 | 1300 |
| 1956 | 21,377 | 17 | 40 | 1203 |
| 1955 | 22,014 | 17 | 33 | 1313 |
| 1954 | 22,455 | 14 | 41 | 1169 |
| 1953 | 23,731 | 14 | 35 | 1261 |
| 1952 | 25,767 | 11 | 38 | 1195 |
| 1951 | 26,716 | 10 | 33 | 1279 |
| 1950 | 25,706 | 10 | 40 | 1123 |
| 1949 | 26,357 | 9 | 56 | 923 |
| 1948 | 23,257 | 10 | 38 | 1160 |
| 1947 | 22,095 | 11 | 48 | 1036 |
| 1946 | 18,760 | 16 | 33 | 1217 |
| 1945 | 13,802 | 19 | 35 | 1103 |
| 1944 | 13,004 | 20 | 27 | 1282 |
| 1943 | 12,153 | 22 | 33 | 1187 |
| 1942 | 10,696 | 24 | 36 | 1139 |
| 1941 | 7,160 | 36 | 30 | 1209 |
| 1940 | 5,697 | 40 | 26 | 1311 |
| 1939 | 4,656 | 48 | 18 | 1578 |
| 1938 | 4,228 | 58 | 19 | 1559 |
| 1937 | 3,743 | 61 | 15 | 1828 |
| 1936 | 3,352 | 67 | 12 | 2062 |
| 1935 | 3,353 | 71 | 14 | 1929 |
| 1934 | 3,279 | 74 | 23 | 1425 |
| 1933 | 3,121 | 77 | 15 | 1829 |
| 1932 | 2,945 | 83 | 13 | 2101 |
| 1931 | 2,799 | 87 | 13 | 2101 |
| 1930 | 3,074 | 84 | 16 | 1889 |
| 1929 | 2,941 | 89 | 20 | 1672 |
| 1928 | 3,151 | 82 | 15 | 2048 |
| 1927 | 3,265 | 83 | 9 | 2912 |
| 1926 | 3,277 | 83 | 5 | 4201 |
| 1925 | 3,503 | 81 | 11 | 2588 |
| 1924 | 3,663 | 76 | 7 | 3505 |
| 1923 | 3,754 | 70 | 10 | 2772 |
| 1922 | 3,466 | 80 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 3,419 | 83 | 5 | 4322 |
| 1920 | 3,158 | 91 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 2,587 | 101 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 2,629 | 99 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 2,358 | 101 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 2,154 | 104 | 8 | 2926 |
| 1915 | 1,940 | 104 | 6 | 3392 |
| 1914 | 1,475 | 110 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 1,179 | 110 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 985 | 118 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 663 | 126 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 622 | 131 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 527 | 135 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 527 | 132 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 440 | 149 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 412 | 143 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 386 | 152 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 362 | 147 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 352 | 149 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 325 | 159 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 272 | 169 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 321 | 170 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 230 | 184 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 306 | 163 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 250 | 173 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 259 | 169 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 192 | 196 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 168 | 205 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 170 | 196 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 149 | 208 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 113 | 227 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 105 | 239 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 87 | 251 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 67 | 286 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 50 | 302 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 43 | 318 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 38 | 329 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 27 | 385 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 21 | 411 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 22 | 377 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 13 | 470 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 21 | 352 | <5 | — |
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Names like Kathleen
Names whose popularity rose and fell over the same years.
Where Kathleen is most popular
- Pennsylvania2.3×
- Massachusetts2.0×
- Indiana1.7×
- New Jersey1.5×
- Virginia1.4×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years