NameTides

Kathryn

Kathryn was the #729 girls' name in the US in 2025 (381 babies), and #2,788 in England & Wales and #1,315 in Canada.

Kathryn as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Kathryn 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.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Kathryn 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#729 (381)#2,788 (9)———#1,315 (19)—
2024#714 (393)#3,016 (8)#790 (3)#337 (4)—#1,949 (11)—
2023#678 (432)#1,575 (19)——#856 (3)#1,774 (12)—
2022#655 (452)#2,889 (8)———#1,056 (24)—
2021#589 (510)#1,351 (23)#558 (5)——#1,153 (22)—
2020#525 (574)#1,352 (23)#765 (3)——#851 (32)—
2019#483 (651)#1,349 (23)#650 (4)#298 (5)#716 (4)#875 (31)—
2018#452 (699)#1,393 (23)#809 (3)#434 (3)—#800 (35)—
2017#426 (748)#1,184 (29)#369 (9)#263 (6)—#668 (44)—
2016#396 (839)#938 (39)#383 (9)#353 (4)#868 (3)#627 (48)—
2015#318 (1,021)#831 (45)#318 (12)#312 (5)#581 (6)#569 (53)—
2014#292 (1,118)#832 (46)#365 (10)#229 (8)#584 (6)#544 (57)—
2013#270 (1,184)#712 (56)#564 (5)#370 (4)#491 (8)#502 (61)—
2012#264 (1,230)#600 (70)#294 (15)#330 (5)#510 (8)#403 (79)—
2011#235 (1,339)#615 (65)#287 (14)#246 (7)#550 (7)#421 (76)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1951 at #45.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,200 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 28,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Kathryn is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,300 to 1 in 4,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kathryn by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #518WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #422MNIllinois: #748ILMichigan: #735MINew York: #980NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #565IAIndiana: #577INOhio: #644OHPennsylvania: #349PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,053CAUtah: #704UTColorado: #584CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #728MOKentucky: #498KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #936VAMaryland: #840MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #818AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #578KSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #497TNNorth Carolina: #634NCSouth Carolina: #347SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #426LAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: #318ALGeorgia: #546GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,117TXFlorida: #1,000FL
Kathryn (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KathrynCanadaGirls#1,31519
KathrynEngland & WalesGirls#2,7889
KathrynIrelandGirls—too few
KathrynNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KathrynNSWGirls—too few
KathrynScotlandGirls—too few
KathrynUSGirls#729381
KathrynUSBoys—too few