Kaitlin vs Katherine

Head to head

Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.

• Northern Ireland · Girls

  In 2015, Kaitlin was ranked #312 and Katherine #209 among girls in Northern Ireland.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2024, Kaitlin was ranked #4843 and Katherine #594 among girls in England and Wales.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls

  In 2023, Kaitlin was ranked #727 and Katherine #856 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Kaitlin and Katherine over time

Kaitlin and Katherine appear together in 3 published lists, across 73 years of shared records. Katherine held the stronger position in more years in 3 of them, Kaitlin in 0.

The order between them changed and held in one of those lists — a change in that published list, never a claim that one name displaced the other.

Katherine reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 3 of those lists, and Kaitlin in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.

Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.

List by list

• England and Wales · Girls29 shared years, 1996–2024

  Kaitlin held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Katherine in 29.

  Highest recorded here: Kaitlin #198 in 2004, Katherine #48 in 1996.

  The order between them never changed and held in this list.

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Kaitlin #4843, Katherine #594.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls25 shared years, 1993–2023

  Kaitlin held the stronger position in 1 of those years, Katherine in 24.

  Highest recorded here: Kaitlin #208 in 2002, Katherine #112 in 2000.

  The order changed in 2023: Kaitlin moved ahead. In 2022 they stood at #871 and #621; by 2023 that had become #727 and #856.

  Most recent shared year, 2023: Kaitlin #727, Katherine #856.

• Northern Ireland · Girls19 shared years, 1997–2015

  Kaitlin held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Katherine in 18.

  Highest recorded here: Kaitlin #90 in 2004, Katherine #56 in 1998.

  The order between them never changed and held in this list.

  Most recent shared year, 2015: Kaitlin #312, Katherine #209.

Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.

Where to go next

Comparisons that share a name, a rule or a published list with this one. Each is an existing comparison page with its own evidence — nothing here says these pairs are alike.

Side by side

How each name got here