Kathleen

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: English

Meaning

Kathleen is a female given name, used in English- and Irish-language communities. Sometimes spelled Cathleen, it is an Anglicized form of Caitlรญn, the Irish form of Cateline, which was the Old French form of Catherine.

From Wikipedia

Kathleen first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1992 with 619 babies (rank #55 that year). In 2024 it was given to 13 girls (rank #1,773). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Kathleen

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

5,077
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
619
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
1991585#61
1992619#55
1993526#64
1994399#82
1995321#112
1996333#102
1997263#127
1998237#136
1999217#136
2000194#150
2001172#168
2002124#221
2003132#205
2004107#274
2005106#277
200681#370
200782#374
200872#443
200965#473
201047#608
201146#627
201244#656
201346#627
201450#601
201537#749
201627#978
201728#948
201833#838
201925#1,042
202013#1,708
202114#1,639
202210#2,058
20239#2,326
202413#1,773