How Many People Are Named Kathryn?
people named Kathryn are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,083 people in the US has this name
Based on 456,515 babies named Kathryn in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
β Uncommon
Peak Year
8,517 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Contracted form of KATHERINE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Kathryn in English. Counting Kathryn and these spellings together, about 1,234,972 people alive in the US have the name.
β§ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Kathryn (99.8%) were girls.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Kathryn alive today is about 50 years old, and 44% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 34 and 68 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Kathryn first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1952, to 8,517 babies. In 2025, 381 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
π Rank History
Kathryn never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #45, in 1951, and it was in the top 100 in 104 years between 1881 and 2001. In 2025 it ranked #729.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #729 |
| Best rank | #45 (1951) |
| Years in the top 100 | 104 (1881 to 2001) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #57 in the 1950s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Kathryn alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kathryn were born in California than in any other state: about 26,930 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kathryn was given 1.6 times as often in Minnesota, 1.5 times in Delaware and 1.5 times in Iowa.
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