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Kathryn

Girls' name · Mid-century perennial

Living in the US
~321,600 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#729 among girls
Births in 2025
381 456,515 since 1880
Typical age
49 years, median

Kathryn popularity over time

Kathryn rank by birth year, 1880–2025Kathryn ranked #102 in 1880 and #729 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #45, in 1951.#100#729best #45 in 195118901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Kathryn was used most in 1952, when 8,517 babies were given the name. It is present from 1880, the first year of the record. Across the record, 104 years put Kathryn in the top 100.

In 2025 it ranked #729 with 381 births. Over ten years the count has fallen 63%. Year on year the rank dropped by 15.

Babies named Kathryn per yearPeaks at 8,517 births in 1952.8,517 in 1952018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Kathryn?

About 321,600 people named Kathryn are alive in the United States today. SSA has recorded 456,515 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Kathryn?

Median age among living Kathryns: 49. More of them were born in the 1950s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Kathryn a mid-century perennial name.

Your Kathryn

Ages of living people named KathrynHalf of living Kathryns are older than 49 and half younger.median 49020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Kathryn is most common

Kathryn is 2.3× as common in Mississippi as it is nationally. Alabama, South Carolina and Pennsylvania follow.

Where Kathryn is used more than average5 states use the name Kathryn more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: 2.3× the national ratePANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: 2.0× the national rateKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: 2.3× the national rateSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: 2.3× the national rateMSAlabama: 2.3× the national rateALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Kathryn is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Mississippi 86 2.3×
Alabama 159 2.3×
South Carolina 148 2.3×
Pennsylvania 392 2.3×
Kentucky 128 2.0×

Kathryn in England and Wales

ONS recorded 9 births named Kathryn in 2025, ranking it #2,788. That is 61% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Kathryn comes from

English Wiktionary: given name from Ancient Greek.

Notable people named Kathryn

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Kathryn Bigelow American filmmaker 1951 72
Kathryn Hahn American actress 1973 50
Kathryn D. Sullivan American astronaut 1951 46
Kathryn Newton American actress 1997 45
Kathryn Grayson American actress and coloratura soprano 1922–2010 37
Kathryn Morris American actress 1969 34
Kathryn Joosten American actress 1939–2012 33
Kathryn P. Hire NASA astronaut and Captain in the U.S. Navy Reserve 1959 30
Photo credits (5)

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Kathryn

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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