NameTides

Katherine

Katherine was the #186 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,670 babies), and #872 in England & Wales and #415 in Canada.

Katherine as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Katherine as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaScotlandIrelandEngland & Wales
Katherine as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#186 (1,670)#872 (40)#539 (5)—#608 (5)#415 (75)—
2024#175 (1,746)#594 (66)#476 (6)#288 (5)#556 (6)#386 (78)—
2023#170 (1,705)#592 (64)#365 (9)—#856 (3)#410 (72)—
2022#166 (1,742)#559 (70)#531 (5)#266 (6)#747 (4)#417 (72)—
2021#157 (1,821)#478 (88)#442 (7)#350 (4)#517 (7)#356 (92)—
2020#136 (1,991)#545 (73)#399 (8)#333 (4)#544 (6)#288 (107)—
2019#120 (2,450)#485 (85)#343 (10)—#621 (5)#247 (127)—
2018#112 (2,677)#392 (113)#502 (6)#195 (10)#411 (10)#197 (152)—
2017#105 (2,861)#369 (126)#289 (13)#355 (4)#289 (16)#168 (175)—
2016#91 (3,276)#290 (172)#179 (27)#353 (4)#316 (14)#174 (180)—
2015#84 (3,454)#263 (187)#227 (18)#209 (9)#316 (15)#135 (233)—
2014#82 (3,691)#265 (182)#182 (25)#156 (13)#353 (13)#132 (236)—
2013#77 (3,723)#230 (218)#169 (27)#167 (12)#286 (17)#93 (301)—
2012#64 (3,953)#213 (236)#191 (23)#203 (9)#337 (15)#81 (331)—
2011#61 (4,189)#169 (307)#197 (23)#168 (12)#285 (18)#97 (294)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1988 at #27.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 960 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 960common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 6,300uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Katherine is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 970 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 930 to 1 in 1,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Katherine by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #274WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #236NHWashington: #176WAIdaho: #402IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #285MNIllinois: #188ILMichigan: #293MINew York: #225NYMassachusetts: #155MAOregon: #619ORNevada: #292NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #354IAIndiana: #192INOhio: #187OHPennsylvania: #258PANew Jersey: #214NJConnecticut: #162CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #207CAUtah: #197UTColorado: #277CONebraska: #169NEMissouri: #178MOKentucky: #125KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #153VAMaryland: #234MDDelaware: #167DEArizona: #251AZNew Mexico: #182NMKansas: #149KSArkansas: #164ARTennessee: #144TNNorth Carolina: #124NCSouth Carolina: #95SCDistrict of Columbia: #73DCOklahoma: #156OKLouisiana: #144LAMississippi: #107MSAlabama: #78ALGeorgia: #170GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #139TXFlorida: #171FL
Katherine (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#35236

Katherine (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KatherineCanadaGirls#41575
KatherineCanadaBoys—too few
KatherineEngland & WalesGirls#87240
KatherineIrelandGirls#6085
KatherineNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KatherineNSWGirls—too few
KatherineScotlandGirls#5395
KatherineUSGirls#1861,670
KatherineUSBoys—too few