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Baby name
Katherine
Girl
Origin of the name
Katherine comes from the Greek Aikaterinē, whose origin is obscure. The spelling with th comes from an old association with the Greek katharos, “pure.” Saint Catherine of Alexandria made it popular.
Classic name
650,926births since 1880
1990sgeneration
No. 26rank at its peak, in 1990
Where babies named Katherine are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Katherine is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Katherine is most common in Alaska (1.7 times), District of Columbia (1.7) and New Hampshire (1.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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Names from the same era
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