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Kathleen

Girl

Origin of the name

Kathleen is the English form of the Irish Caitlín, itself the Irish form of Catherine.

Short-lived name

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1951 was its best year: 26,716 births, or 1 baby in 138. Since then, the name has fallen 99%, to about 232 births a year. In 2025, it ranked No. 1150. 31% of all babies named Kathleen since 1880 were born in the 1950s.
713,645births since 1880
1950sgeneration
No. 10rank at its peak, in 1951

Where babies named Kathleen are born

1951

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The darker the blue, the more common Kathleen is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Kathleen is most common in Massachusetts (2.3 times), Rhode Island (2.1) and Wisconsin (1.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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Names from the same era

Christine · Janice · Deborah · Kathryn · Pamela · Sharon

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