Kathlene
Kathlene is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 792nd, in 1950.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1950120 births
- Best rank
- #792in 1950
- Since 1913
- 3,500people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,500 girls have been named Kathlene in the United States since 1913, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1950, with 120 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 120 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1960, and the 1950s alone account for 25%. It has spent 5 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Kathlene | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 59 | |
| 1920s | 130 | |
| 1930s | 179 | |
| 1940s | 490 | |
| 1950s | 876 | |
| 1960s | 740 | |
| 1970s | 427 | |
| 1980s | 316 | |
| 1990s | 197 | |
| 2000s | 78 | |
| 2010s | 8 |
In 1950, its biggest year
Kathlene was the 792nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1950 were Linda, Mary, Patricia, Barbara and Susan. See all of 1950.
Names that rose and fell with Kathlene
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Johnettepeak 1949
- Jacquepeak 1950
- Joellenpeak 1960
- Mickiepeak 1949
- Delanepeak 1954
- Regenapeak 1948
- Michelinepeak 1951
- Roseannepeak 1950
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.