Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Kathryn

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

Endangered Down 95.4% from peak

Peak era

1952

Peak rank proxy

8,504

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19522024

Peak year

1952

Decline from peak

95.4%

2024

391

All-time

455,036

Kathryn 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 1952, when 8,504 girls were named Kathryn.

In 2024, only 391 girls were given the name.

Down 95.4% from its peak.

All told, about 455,036 Americans have been named Kathryn and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 95.4% from peak

19528,504 girls named Kathryn

2024391 girls named Kathryn

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