# Kathryn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kathryn/  
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 | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 456,515 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,092 / 455,423 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,791, 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 | 1,339 | 236 |
| 2012 | 1,230 | 264 |
| 2013 | 1,184 | 270 |
| 2014 | 1,118 | 293 |
| 2015 | 1,021 | 318 |
| 2016 | 839 | 396 |
| 2017 | 748 | 427 |
| 2018 | 699 | 452 |
| 2019 | 651 | 484 |
| 2020 | 574 | 525 |
| 2021 | 510 | 589 |
| 2022 | 452 | 655 |
| 2023 | 432 | 678 |
| 2024 | 393 | 715 |
| 2025 | 381 | 729 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 38 | 1,941 |
| 1990 | 7 | 6,806 |
| 1991 | 12 | 4,630 |
| 1992 | 10 | 5,449 |
| 1993 | 8 | 6,538 |
| 1994 | 6 | 8,287 |
| 1995 | 7 | 7,393 |
| 1997 | 8 | 6,949 |
| 2001 | 6 | 9,927 |
| 2002 | 6 | 10,059 |
| 2004 | 18 | 4,693 |
| 2005 | 6 | 10,802 |
| 2006 | 5 | 13,045 |
| 2007 | 5 | 13,414 |
| 2009 | 6 | 11,732 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 65 | 615 |
| 2012 | 70 | 600 |
| 2013 | 56 | 712 |
| 2014 | 46 | 832 |
| 2015 | 45 | 831 |
| 2016 | 39 | 938 |
| 2017 | 29 | 1,184 |
| 2018 | 23 | 1,393 |
| 2019 | 23 | 1,349 |
| 2020 | 23 | 1,352 |
| 2021 | 23 | 1,351 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,888 |
| 2023 | 19 | 1,575 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3,015 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,788 |

## People named Kathryn

- Kathryn Bigelow, American filmmaker (born 1951)
- Kathryn Hahn, American actress (born 1973)
- Kathryn D. Sullivan, American astronaut (born 1951)
- Kathryn Newton, American actress (born 1997)
- Kathryn Grayson, American actress and coloratura soprano (1922–2010)
- Kathryn Morris, American actress
- Kathryn Joosten, American actress (1939–2012)
- Kathryn Stockett, American writer
- Kathryn C. Thornton, American scientist and NASA astronaut
- Kathryn Beaumont, British actress
- Kathryn Prescott, British actress
- Kathryn Bernardo, Filipino actress (born 1996)

## 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.