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Kathleen

Pronounced /ˈkæθˌlin/

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1949 · #927
Origin
Irish
Also recorded for girls:220 in 2024 (#1,109)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No boys were recorded as Kathleen in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1949 with 56 babies, ranked #927.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1915.
  • 1,691 boys have been named Kathleen since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Kathleen per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
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    Gen X
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    Millennials
  6. 0
    Gen Z
  7. 0
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 61 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 380 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 715 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 342 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 193 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Anglicization of Caitlín, an Irish equivalent of the English Catherine.

  • A female given name from Irish.
Origin
Irish
Say it
/ˈkæθˌlin/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Kathleen, CC BY-SA 4.0.