How Many People Are Named Katharine?
people named Katharine are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 12,082 people in the US has this name
Based on 41,241 babies named Katharine in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
π Rare
Peak Year
946 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
English variant of KATHERINE and German variant of KATHARINA. A famous bearer was American actress Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Katharine in English. Counting Katharine and these spellings together, about 1,235,133 people alive in the US have the name.
β§ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Katharine in the records were girls.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Katharine alive today is about 45 years old, and 57% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 32 and 58 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Katharine first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1982, to 946 babies. In 2025, 27 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
π Rank History
Katharine has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #172, in 1880. In 2025 it ranked #4,934.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,934 |
| Best rank | #172 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #318 in the 1980s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Katharine alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Katharine were born in California than in any other state: about 3,089 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Katharine was given 2.9 times as often in District of Columbia, 2.7 times in Connecticut and 2.3 times in Massachusetts.
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