girl's name

Katharyn

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 8
  • Births on record 1,622

Katharyn is a girl's name. In 2011 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1987, when 36 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1881.

Katharyn over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2011, not a full ten years.

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Births named Katharyn by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 27
1890s 46
1900s 52
1910s 166
1920s 124
1930s 70
1940s 115
1950s 140
1960s 91
1970s 115
1980s 269
1990s 257
2000s 130
2010s (to 2011) 12

How popular is Katharyn?

In 2011, Katharyn was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Katharyn is used

Canada #2,521 5 in 1994
England & Wales #4,829 3 in 2000
United States #16,101 6 in 2011

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Katharyn

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Katharyn also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Katharyn over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Katharyn

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Katharyn — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Katharyn

How popular is the name Katharyn?

In 2011, Katharyn was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Katharyn a girl's or a boy's name?

Katharyn is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Katharyn most popular?

Katharyn peaked in 1987, when 36 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.