girl's name

Katheryn

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 8
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 15,379

Ireland

#365

1968 births

Katheryn is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 45 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 1990, when 213 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 73,676 babies in the United States is given this name.

Katheryn over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,862
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Katheryn by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 122
1890s 203
1900s 302
1910s 1,192
1920s 1,543
1930s 891
1940s 1,243
1950s 1,745
1960s 1,189
1970s 962
1980s 1,598
1990s 1,862
2000s 1,321
2010s 786
2020s (to 2025) 261

How popular is Katheryn?

In 2025, Katheryn was given to 45 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Katheryn is used

Ireland #365 4 in 1968
Canada #3,250 5 in 2015
United States #3,392 45 in 2025
England & Wales #4,165 4 in 2005

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 Katheryn

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

Parents who like Katheryn also like

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

Sibling names for Katheryn

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

Common questions about Katheryn

How popular is the name Katheryn?

In 2025, Katheryn was given to 45 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

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

Katheryn is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Katheryn most popular?

Katheryn peaked in 1990, when 213 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Katheryn a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Katheryn currently ranks #3,392 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.