Katheleen
Katheleen is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 195233 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1909
- 1,230people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,230 girls have been named Katheleen in the United States since 1909, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1952, with 33 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 33 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1953, and the 1950s alone account for 22%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Katheleen | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 6 | |
| 1910s | 81 | |
| 1920s | 173 | |
| 1930s | 122 | |
| 1940s | 154 | |
| 1950s | 267 | |
| 1960s | 177 | |
| 1970s | 79 | |
| 1980s | 72 | |
| 1990s | 70 | |
| 2000s | 29 |
In 1952, its biggest year
Katheleen was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1952 were Linda, Mary, Patricia, Deborah and Susan. See all of 1952.
Names that rose and fell with Katheleen
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Nadinepeak 1958
- Eileenpeak 1947
- Madonnapeak 1954
- Georgettepeak 1948
- Jeannepeak 1947
- Ritapeak 1949
- Herlindapeak 1952
- Kathaleenpeak 1952
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.