NameTrendsU.S. Baby Name Data

Kathleen Girls

The U.S. popularity history of Kathleen: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 713,645 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
713,645
Peak year
1951 #10
Years on the list
146
10-year trend
-22.2%

In the 1950s · Most used in NY in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

YearBirthsRank
2011451#632
2012427#662
2013432#660
2014422#674
2015341#824
2016341#838
2017314#873
2018306#885
2019280#944
2020253#1005
2021262#987
2022228#1097
2023248#1023
2024223#1100
2025201#1156

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1951

NY
3,286
PA
2,497
CA
2,417
IL
1,916
MI
1,620
OH
1,620

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