Katherine

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: English

Meaning

Katherine, also spelled Catherine and other variations, is a feminine given name. The name and its variants are popular in countries where large Christian populations exist, because of its associations with one of the earliest Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria.

From Wikipedia

Katherine first appears in the data in 1956 and has been recorded in 48 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1982 with 400 babies (rank #23 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Katherine

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Katherine yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

10,581
Total babies (all years)
48
Years in the data
400
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
195677#91
195775#93
195889#90
195999#85
1960111#94
1961212#64
1962183#67
1963176#70
1964162#67
1965207#56
1966190#63
1967205#63
1968216#60
1969242#57
1970283#48
1971297#52
1972308#48
1973309#46
1974288#49
1975270#48
1976291#40
1977326#32
1978330#33
1979339#31
1980347#27
1981359#32
1982400#23
1983342#31
1984370#28
1985399#27
1986345#29
1987317#31
1988339#28
1989310#30
1990296#38
1991253#41
1992246#43
1993200#61
1994173#74
1995153#83
1996109#85
199789#92
1998137#84
200096#91
20145#332
20154#367
20164#362
20173#477