girl's name

Kathrine

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 8
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 16,122

Ireland

#499

1983 births

Kathrine is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 15 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1956, when 275 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 221,043 babies in the United States is given this name.

Kathrine 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.

2,288
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Kathrine by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 240
1890s 229
1900s 252
1910s 837
1920s 1,138
1930s 758
1940s 1,005
1950s 2,288
1960s 1,817
1970s 1,707
1980s 2,155
1990s 1,949
2000s 991
2010s 307
2020s (to 2025) 102

How popular is Kathrine?

In 2025, Kathrine was given to 15 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Kathrine is used

Ireland #499 4 in 1983
Scotland #716 3 in 1995
France #1,781 5 in 1961
Canada #3,515 5 in 2010
England & Wales #6,596 3 in 2020
United States #7,304 15 in 2025

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 Kathrine

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

Parents who like Kathrine also like

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

Sibling names for Kathrine

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

Common questions about Kathrine

How popular is the name Kathrine?

In 2025, Kathrine was given to 15 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Kathrine is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Kathrine most popular?

Kathrine peaked in 1956, when 275 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Kathrine a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Kathrine currently ranks #7,304 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.