# Kathrine (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kathrine/  
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 | 15,775 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 15,775 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 103, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 46 | 3,479 |
| 2012 | 42 | 3,754 |
| 2013 | 21 | 6,132 |
| 2014 | 31 | 4,605 |
| 2015 | 26 | 5,212 |
| 2016 | 25 | 5,375 |
| 2017 | 20 | 6,176 |
| 2018 | 24 | 5,391 |
| 2019 | 19 | 6,293 |
| 2020 | 18 | 6,488 |
| 2021 | 21 | 5,851 |
| 2022 | 13 | 8,278 |
| 2023 | 14 | 7,828 |
| 2024 | 21 | 5,878 |
| 2025 | 15 | 7,312 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 7 | 2,165 |
| 1999 | 5 | 2,770 |
| 2000 | 10 | 1,688 |
| 2001 | 7 | 2,226 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2003 | 4 | 3,594 |
| 2004 | 5 | 3,197 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,667 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |

## People named Kathrine

- Kathrine Switzer, American marathon runner, author, and television commentator
- Kathrine Heindahl, Danish handball player
- Kathrine Taylor, American writer (1903–1997)
- Kathrine Kühl, Danish association football player
- Kathrine Le Messurier, Australian tennis player (1898–1981)
- Kathrine Windfeld, Danish film director
- Hannah Spencer, British politician (born 1991)
- Ida Karstoft, Danish athlete

## 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.