Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Katharine

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Katharine
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97% from peak

Peak era

1982

Peak rank proxy

947

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Millennial

1880Peak 19822024

Peak year

1982

Decline from peak

97%

2024

All-time

41,204

Katharine once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1982, when 947 girls were named Katharine.

In 2024, only 28 girls were given the name.

Down 97% from its peak.

All told, about 41,204 Americans have been named Katharine and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97% from peak

1982947 girls named Katharine

202428 girls named Katharine

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