# Käthe (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kathe/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,077 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,077 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 11 | 4,331 |
| 1969 | 9 | 5,224 |
| 1970 | 14 | 4,131 |
| 1971 | 12 | 4,666 |
| 1974 | 6 | 8,131 |
| 1975 | 7 | 7,513 |
| 1981 | 5 | 11,170 |
| 1982 | 6 | 9,765 |
| 1983 | 5 | 11,043 |
| 1987 | 5 | 12,166 |
| 1990 | 5 | 14,022 |
| 1992 | 6 | 12,490 |
| 1995 | 5 | 14,492 |
| 2001 | 6 | 14,407 |
| 2005 | 5 | 17,818 |

## People named Käthe

- Käthe Leichter, Austrian writer (1895–1942)
- Käthe Kruse, Dollmaker (1883-1968)
- Käthe Grasegger, alpine skier (1917–2001)
- Käthe Dorsch, German actress (1890–1957)
- Käthe Haack, German actress (1897-1986)
- Kathe Koja, American writer
- Käthe Gold, Austrian actress (1907-1997)
- Käthe Sohnemann, German gymnast
- Käthe Braun, German actress (1913-1994)
- Käthe Menzel-Jordan, German architect (1916–2026)
- Käthe Paulus, German exhibition parachute jumper and inventor of first collapsable parachute (1868–1935)
- Käte Köhler, German diver

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.