Kathlyn
Kathlyn is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 63 births. Its best rank was 559th, in 1914.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 630.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1951125 births
- Best rank
- #559in 1914
- Since 1897
- 5,128people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,128 girls have been named Kathlyn in the United States since 1897, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1951, with 125 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1953, and the 1950s alone account for 17%. It has spent 20 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Kathlyn | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 20 | |
| 1900s | 76 | |
| 1910s | 565 | |
| 1920s | 512 | |
| 1930s | 268 | |
| 1940s | 728 | |
| 1950s | 851 | |
| 1960s | 382 | |
| 1970s | 223 | |
| 1980s | 382 | |
| 1990s | 489 | |
| 2000s | 383 | |
| 2010s | 152 | |
| 2020s | 97 |
In 1951, its biggest year
Kathlyn was the 796th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1951 were Linda, Mary, Patricia, Deborah and Barbara. See all of 1951.
Names that rose and fell with Kathlyn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Catherynpeak 1950
- Clarisepeak 1924
- Cathrynpeak 1956
- Rayepeak 1956
- Kathaleenpeak 1952
- Annepeak 1959
- Santapeak 1923
- Virginapeak 1922
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.