Katherin
Recorded 1892–2025 · United States
Katherin was most popular in 1989, when 277 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,295 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,270, with 34 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,630 people named Katherin.
Katherin over time
How old is the name Katherin?
Katherin first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1892, which makes it about 133 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 115 of the 134 years since.
How many people are named Katherin?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,630 American births named Katherin between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 3,191 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Katherin in 2025?
34 American babies were named Katherin in 2025, ranking #7,270 that year.
Is Katherin getting more or less popular?
Katherin is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 37 births a year, against 51 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -27% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Katherin a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Katherin is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 3,630 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Katherin?
Roughly 3,191 Americans named Katherin are alive today — 88% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 30 years old, and half are between 17 and 44.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Katherin is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org