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How popular is “Kathlyn” in the USA?

Number of people named “Kathlyn” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Kathlyn” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Kathlyn” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Kathlyn” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Kathlyn” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Kathlyn” by birth year

This chart shows how “Kathlyn” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1897 5 0.000014411 5 100%
1898 8 0.000020972 8 100%
1899 7 0.000020635 7 100%
1900 12 0.000026651 12 100%
1901 10 0.000028917 10 100%
1902 5 0.000012929 5 100%
1903 8 0.000020986 8 100%
1904 9 0.000022306 9 100%
1905 8 0.000018871 8 100%
1907 5 0.000010744 5 100%
1908 9 0.000018418 9 100%
1909 10 0.000019561 10 100%
1911 15 0.000023282 15 100%
1912 12 0.000012145 12 100%
1913 28 0.000024624 28 100%
1914 101 0.00007131 101 100%
1915 108 0.000058938 108 100%
1916 86 0.000044458 86 100%
1917 73 0.000036377 73 100%
1918 77 0.000035466 77 100%
1919 65 0.000030802 65 100%
1920 66 0.000029169 66 100%
1921 81 0.000034697 81 100%
1922 67 0.000029268 67 100%
1923 63 0.000027362 63 100%
1924 58 0.000024353 58 100%
1925 27 0.000011572 27 100%
1926 39 0.000016987 39 100%
1927 39 0.000016815 39 100%
1928 33 0.000014596 33 100%
1929 39 0.000017791 39 100%
1930 33 0.000014843 33 100%
1931 26 0.000012355 26 100%
1932 24 0.000011367 24 100%
1933 18 0.000009002 18 100%
1934 19 0.000009149 19 100%
1935 35 0.000016747 35 100%
1936 27 0.000012996 27 100%
1937 30 0.00001408 30 100%
1938 22 0.000009943 22 100%
1939 34 0.00001543 34 100%
1940 33 0.000014331 33 100%
1941 42 0.000017238 42 100%
1942 36 0.000013178 36 100%
1943 52 0.000018423 52 100%
1944 72 0.000026765 72 100%
1945 65 0.000024501 65 100%
1946 88 0.00002754 88 100%
1947 107 0.000029703 107 100%
1948 117 0.000033888 117 100%
1949 116 0.000033288 116 100%
1950 102 0.000029115 102 100%
1951 125 0.000033933 125 100%
1952 102 0.000026856 102 100%
1953 110 0.000028544 110 100%
1954 80 0.000020097 80 100%
1955 77 0.000019178 77 100%
1956 80 0.000019403 80 100%
1957 66 0.000015706 66 100%
1958 48 0.000011611 48 100%
1959 61 0.000014671 61 100%
1960 53 0.000012759 53 100%
1961 48 0.000011588 48 100%
1962 37 0.000009169 37 100%
1963 35 0.000008842 35 100%
1964 52 0.000013376 52 100%
1965 23 0.000006344 23 100%
1966 34 0.000009782 34 100%
1967 32 0.000009426 32 100%
1968 38 0.000011248 38 100%
1969 30 0.000008632 30 100%
1970 25 0.000006932 25 100%
1971 26 0.000007575 26 100%
1972 23 0.000007318 23 100%
1973 19 0.000006298 19 100%
1974 22 0.000007237 22 100%
1975 25 0.00000828 25 100%
1976 20 0.000006591 20 100%
1977 19 0.000005981 19 100%
1978 26 0.000008192 26 100%
1979 18 0.00000541 18 100%
1980 30 0.00000871 30 100%
1981 28 0.000008094 28 100%
1982 32 0.000009122 32 100%
1983 34 0.000009817 34 100%
1984 29 0.000008312 29 100%
1985 33 0.000009246 33 100%
1986 50 0.000014056 50 100%
1987 47 0.000013035 47 100%
1988 53 0.000014344 53 100%
1989 46 0.000011965 46 100%
1990 53 0.000013409 53 100%
1991 45 0.000011552 45 100%
1992 76 0.000019785 76 100%
1993 54 0.000014323 54 100%
1994 66 0.000017753 66 100%
1995 46 0.000012561 46 100%
1996 43 0.00001179 43 100%
1997 35 0.000009653 35 100%
1998 33 0.000008972 33 100%
1999 38 0.000010287 38 100%
2000 53 0.000014022 53 100%
2001 42 0.00001122 42 100%
2002 34 0.000009095 34 100%
2003 41 0.000010783 41 100%
2004 44 0.000011516 44 100%
2005 39 0.000010143 39 100%
2006 42 0.000010616 42 100%
2007 34 0.000008505 34 100%
2008 23 0.000005851 23 100%
2009 31 0.000008115 31 100%
2010 15 0.000004059 15 100%
2011 20 0.000005468 20 100%
2012 15 0.000004101 15 100%
2013 19 0.000005212 19 100%
2014 12 0.000003238 12 100%
2015 22 0.000005944 22 100%
2016 13 0.000003543 13 100%
2017 12 0.000003356 12 100%
2018 13 0.000003697 13 100%
2019 11 0.000003169 11 100%
2020 9 0.000002694 9 100%
2021 10 0.000002952 10 100%
2022 6 0.000001774 6 100%
2023 9 0.000002718 9 100%
2024 63 0.000018927 63 100%

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