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 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1996 with 179 babies (rank #227 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. 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.

1,655
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
179
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
1996179#227
1997126#289
1998140#277
1999106#319
2000100#339
200179#402
200288#383
200380#437
200469#489
200579#468
200677#496
200762#583
200857#654
200949#746
201062#619
201154#716
201248#805
201359#678
201455#725
201547#812
201639#942