# Kathrin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kathrin/  
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 | 1,214 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,214 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 13 | 7,462 |
| 2000 | 15 | 6,985 |
| 2001 | 5 | 16,616 |
| 2002 | 12 | 8,544 |
| 2003 | 13 | 8,244 |
| 2004 | 12 | 8,976 |
| 2005 | 8 | 12,408 |
| 2006 | 10 | 11,018 |
| 2007 | 13 | 9,279 |
| 2008 | 8 | 13,190 |
| 2009 | 9 | 11,947 |
| 2010 | 6 | 15,966 |
| 2011 | 10 | 10,776 |
| 2013 | 6 | 15,570 |
| 2021 | 5 | 16,449 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |

## People named Kathrin

- Kathrin Zettel, Austrian alpine skier
- Kathrin Neimke, East German shot putter
- Kathrin Hendrich, German footballer
- Kathrin Hölzl, German alpine skier
- Kathrin Lang, German biathlete
- Kathrin Weßel, German athletics competitor (born 1967)
- Ann-Kathrin Linsenhoff, German equestrian
- Kathrin Klaas, German hammer thrower
- Kathrin Unterwurzacher, Austrian judoka
- Kathrin Bringmann, German mathematician
- Kathrin Röggla, Austrian writer (dramas, essays, short stories, novels)
- Kathrin Barboza Márquez, Bolivian biologist

## 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.