Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Kathleen

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

Endangered Down 99.2% from peak

Peak era

1951

Peak rank proxy

26,716

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19512024

Peak year

1951

Decline from peak

99.2%

2024

220

All-time

713,438

Kathleen 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 1951, when 26,716 girls were named Kathleen.

In 2024, only 220 girls were given the name.

Down 99.2% from its peak.

All told, about 713,438 Americans have been named Kathleen and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.2% from peak

195126,716 girls named Kathleen

2024220 girls named Kathleen

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