girl's name

Kathyleen

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 9
  • Births on record 546

Kathyleen is a girl's name. In 1998 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1951, when 26 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1914.

Kathyleen over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 1990s. The striped bar is the 1990s, still in progress — it covers 1990 to 1998, not a full ten years.

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'10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90
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Births named Kathyleen by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 27
1920s 56
1930s 38
1940s 107
1950s 176
1960s 100
1970s 26
1980s 6
1990s (to 1998) 5

How popular is Kathyleen?

In 1998, Kathyleen was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Kathyleen is used

France #3,388 5 in 1995
United States #14,750 5 in 1998

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 Kathyleen

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

Parents who like Kathyleen also like

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

Sibling names for Kathyleen

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

Common questions about Kathyleen

How popular is the name Kathyleen?

In 1998, Kathyleen was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Kathyleen is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Kathyleen most popular?

Kathyleen peaked in 1951, when 26 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.