How rare is the name Katherin?

4,109 people in the United States have the first name Katherin, about 1 in 73,505. It ranks #4,506 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

KATHERIN

#4,506

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,109
About
1 in 73,505
This common or more
84.1%
Who bears it

Of the 4,109 people named Katherin, 51.8% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 40.6% as White and 2.8% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Katherin peaked in 1989, when 277 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18922025
Peak year
1989
Births that year
277
In 2025*
34 ▼88%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 3,630 babies have been given the name since 1892. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Katherin by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #3,108. The largest share of babies named Katherin, 28.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1890s#3,34211
1900s#4,9315
1910s#5,16965
1920s#4,838118
1930s#4,653102
1940s#4,322133
1950s#3,606237
1960s#4,171218
1970s#4,857233
1980s#3,108577
1990s#4,272496
2000s#4,210720
2010s#5,745490
2020s#6,824225
Before 19010.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–274.7%
Silent Generation 1928–455.3%
Baby boom 1946–6411.3%
Generation X 1965–809.9%
Millennials 1981–9624.7%
Generation Z 1997–1228.9%
2013 and later14.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Katherin is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Katherin has been most common in New York (4.2×), Florida (3×), and Texas (2.8×), and least common in California (2.8×).

1,230 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Katherin

1 other first name also has 4,109 people.

#4,506 Alfonzo · 4,109

Either side of Katherin

#4,505 Minor · 4,110#4,506 Alfonzo · 4,109#4,508 Jeronimo · 4,107#4,509 Krish · 4,106

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Katherin, most common first.

#96 Katherine · 470,588#162 Kathryn · 316,032#1,269 Katharine · 29,372#2,329 Kathrine · 10,914#2,390 Katheryn · 10,471#2,607 Katerina · 9,171#4,768 Katharina · 3,803#6,696 Kathyrn · 2,367

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