How popular is “Kathryn” in the USA?

Number of people named “Kathryn” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Kathryn” 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 “Kathryn” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Kathryn” by birth year

This chart shows how “Kathryn” 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
1880	204	0.001012487	204		100%
1881	218	0.001131363	218		100%
1882	272	0.001227808	272		100%
1883	290	0.001336738	290		100%
1884	344	0.001412957	344		100%
1885	320	0.001328606	320		100%
1886	383	0.001500102	383		100%
1887	384	0.001552192	384		100%
1888	446	0.001489278	446		100%
1889	415	0.001436254	415		100%
1890	474	0.001572656	474		100%
1891	504	0.001758101	504		100%
1892	549	0.001641874	549		100%
1893	534	0.00164195	534		100%
1894	520	0.001535327	520		100%
1895	585	0.001666572	585		100%
1896	625	0.00174833	625		100%
1897	570	0.001642855	570		100%
1898	678	0.001777405	671	7	98%
1899	621	0.001830595	621		100%
1900	721	0.001601304	721		100%
1901	620	0.001792882	620		100%
1902	717	0.001853992	717		100%
1903	729	0.001912382	729		100%
1904	787	0.001950506	787		100%
1905	788	0.001858833	788		100%
1906	911	0.002126264	911		100%
1907	864	0.001856508	864		100%
1908	1058	0.002165153	1058		100%
1909	1138	0.00222603	1138		100%
1910	1198	0.002028065	1198		100%
1911	1397	0.002168319	1397		100%
1912	1905	0.001928017	1905		100%
1913	2252	0.001980459	2246	6	99%
1914	2901	0.002048231	2901		100%
1915	3788	0.002067205	3778	10	99%
1916	3933	0.002033171	3933		100%
1917	3994	0.001990283	3984	10	99%
1918	4078	0.001878301	4068	10	100%
1919	3834	0.001816851	3825	9	100%
1920	4093	0.001808946	4082	11	99%
1921	4210	0.00180338	4201	9	100%
1922	3799	0.001659564	3792	7	100%
1923	3720	0.001615649	3714	6	100%
1924	3605	0.001513682	3598	7	100%
1925	3267	0.001400162	3262	5	100%
1926	3104	0.001351972	3094	10	99%
1927	2941	0.001268023	2933	8	99%
1928	2687	0.001188445	2681	6	100%
1929	2442	0.001113969	2434	8	99%
1930	2529	0.001137504	2515	14	99%
1931	2210	0.001050187	2202	8	99%
1932	2275	0.00107754	2263	12	99%
1933	2130	0.001065295	2121	9	99%
1934	2266	0.001091093	2258	8	99%
1935	2138	0.001023015	2127	11	99%
1936	2120	0.001020419	2110	10	99%
1937	2336	0.001096369	2326	10	99%
1938	2282	0.001031378	2282		100%
1939	2386	0.001082851	2379	7	99%
1940	2449	0.001063541	2438	11	99%
1941	2877	0.001180828	2869	8	99%
1942	3360	0.00122995	3350	10	99%
1943	3661	0.00129705	3647	14	99%
1944	3864	0.001436389	3855	9	100%
1945	3986	0.001502501	3971	15	99%
1946	5004	0.001566047	4998	6	100%
1947	6100	0.001693352	6091	9	100%
1948	6185	0.001791446	6177	8	100%
1949	7196	0.002064982	7184	12	100%
1950	7869	0.002246131	7863	6	100%
1951	8471	0.002299566	8460	11	100%
1952	8517	0.002242493	8504	13	100%
1953	8337	0.002163407	8324	13	100%
1954	8145	0.002046118	8137	8	100%
1955	7655	0.001906562	7641	14	100%
1956	7607	0.001844999	7594	13	100%
1957	7229	0.001720313	7211	18	100%
1958	7340	0.001775561	7324	16	100%
1959	6763	0.001626506	6745	18	99%
1960	5883	0.001416288	5867	16	99%
1961	5241	0.001265239	5227	14	99%
1962	5125	0.001270019	5107	18	99%
1963	4716	0.001191451	4701	15	99%
1964	4948	0.001272763	4924	24	99%
1965	4167	0.001149375	4157	10	100%
1966	4022	0.001157192	4008	14	99%
1967	3695	0.001088398	3695		100%
1968	3574	0.001057893	3561	13	99%
1969	3617	0.001040767	3617		100%
1970	3729	0.001033962	3718	11	99%
1971	3429	0.000999023	3420	9	99%
1972	3143	0.001000002	3127	16	99%
1973	2893	0.000958935	2885	8	99%
1974	2997	0.000985856	2991	6	100%
1975	2956	0.000979004	2947	9	99%
1976	3275	0.001079326	3263	12	99%
1977	3978	0.001252324	3965	13	99%
1978	4830	0.001521801	4808	22	99%
1979	5334	0.001603246	5312	22	99%
1980	5553	0.001612133	5528	25	99%
1981	5842	0.001688744	5823	19	99%
1982	6312	0.001799335	6284	28	99%
1983	6404	0.001849083	6372	32	99%
1984	6563	0.001881187	6538	25	99%
1985	6663	0.001866852	6634	29	99%
1986	6428	0.001807101	6393	35	99%
1987	6263	0.001737013	6237	26	99%
1988	6365	0.001722578	6342	23	99%
1989	6332	0.001647051	6294	38	99%
1990	6360	0.001609117	6353	7	100%
1991	5844	0.001500283	5832	12	100%
1992	5697	0.001483102	5687	10	100%
1993	5100	0.001352685	5092	8	100%
1994	4626	0.001244333	4620	6	100%
1995	4335	0.001183729	4328	7	100%
1996	4102	0.0011247	4102		100%
1997	3881	0.0010704	3873	8	100%
1998	3703	0.00100674	3703		100%
1999	3589	0.00097161	3589		100%
2000	3644	0.000964046	3644		100%
2001	3338	0.000891705	3332	6	100%
2002	3114	0.000833001	3108	6	100%
2003	2948	0.000775316	2948		100%
2004	2775	0.000726264	2757	18	99%
2005	2585	0.000672329	2579	6	100%
2006	2424	0.000612711	2419	5	100%
2007	2220	0.000555322	2215	5	100%
2008	1782	0.000453358	1782		100%
2009	1526	0.000399458	1520	6	99%
2010	1370	0.000370697	1370		100%
2011	1337	0.000365521	1337		100%
2012	1230	0.000336308	1230		100%
2013	1184	0.000324769	1184		100%
2014	1118	0.000301642	1118		100%
2015	1021	0.000275878	1021		100%
2016	839	0.000228691	839		100%
2017	748	0.000209161	748		100%
2018	698	0.000198527	698		100%
2019	650	0.00018727	650		100%
2020	574	0.000171827	574		100%
2021	510	0.000150534	510		100%
2022	452	0.000133604	452		100%
2023	432	0.000130466	432		100%
2024	391	0.00011747	391		100%

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