Kathryn

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kathryn: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Kathryn: Recorded every year since 1952, it reached #30 in 1965, and it stood at #337 in 2024.

6registrars recorded it
192times a registrar ranked it
73years from first to last
#30highest recorded position
35groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Kathryn's record

Ranked every year since 1952, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 43 years running. Names by top-100 run

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#86
1997	#83
1998	#105
1999	#118
2000	#131
2001	#136
2002	#154
2003	#197
2004	#244
2005	#255
2006	#306
2007	#317
2008	#416
2009	#447
2010	#458
2011	#615
2012	#600
2013	#712
2014	#832
2015	#831
2016	#938
2017	#1184
2018	#1393
2019	#1349
2020	#1352
2021	#1351
2022	#2888
2023	#1575
2024	#3015

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 55 of the 60 years from 1964 to 2023.

In 2024: #337 among girls in Northern Ireland, #790 among girls in Scotland, #3015 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1952–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #55 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Highest recorded1952–1993
Highest recorded position: #30 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 1965 (recorded 1952–1993).
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Kathryn appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, with 55 ranked years and 1,250 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Girls, from 1952.

Kathryn across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Kathryn's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#167 (1964)	#141 (1989)	#856 (2023)	55 of 60	1,250 (1964–2023)	45 (1983)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#55 (1952)	#30 (1965)	#95 (1993)	42 of 42	8,357 (1952–1993)	301 (1961)
New Zealand · Girls	#53 (1954)	#35 (1967)	#83 (1994)	41 of 41	5,104 (1954–1994)	211 (1962)
England and Wales · Girls	#86 (1996)	#83 (1997)	#3015 (2024)	29 of 29	4,782 (1996–2024)	635 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#40 (1997)	#40 (1997)	#337 (2024)	24 of 28	433 (1997–2024)	61 (1997)

Kathryn by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kathryn in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	152	6 of 10	25
1970s	318	10 of 10	32
1980sbusiest	358	10 of 10	36
1990s	241	10 of 10	24
2000s	127	10 of 10	13
2010s	51	8 of 10	6
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 36 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Kathryn appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #30 in New South Wales, Australia in 1966.

Kathryn's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1575	19	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2888	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1351	23	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1352	23	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1349	23	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1393	23	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1184	29	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#938	39	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#831	45	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#832	46	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#712	56	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#600	70	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#615	65	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#458	90	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#447	93	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#416	103	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#317	143	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#306	144	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#255	175	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#244	185	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#197	235	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#154	286	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#136	330	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#131	358	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#118	422	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#105	487	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#83	619	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#86	635	High	Verified
1993	New South Wales, Australia	female	#95	91	Insufficient	Not yet available
1992	New South Wales, Australia	female	#86	105	Insufficient	Not yet available
1991	New South Wales, Australia	female	#72	107	Insufficient	Not yet available
1990	New South Wales, Australia	female	#59	126	Insufficient	Not yet available
1989	New South Wales, Australia	female	#61	127	Insufficient	Not yet available
1988	New South Wales, Australia	female	#58	144	Insufficient	Not yet available
1987	New South Wales, Australia	female	#55	143	Insufficient	Not yet available
1986	New South Wales, Australia	female	#58	143	Insufficient	Not yet available
1985	New South Wales, Australia	female	#48	164	Insufficient	Not yet available
1984	New South Wales, Australia	female	#51	153	Insufficient	Not yet available
1983	New South Wales, Australia	female	#50	158	Insufficient	Not yet available
1982	New South Wales, Australia	female	#44	175	Insufficient	Not yet available
1981	New South Wales, Australia	female	#38	205	Insufficient	Not yet available
1980	New South Wales, Australia	female	#41	188	Insufficient	Not yet available
1979	New South Wales, Australia	female	#45	170	Insufficient	Not yet available
1978	New South Wales, Australia	female	#38	189	Insufficient	Not yet available
1977	New South Wales, Australia	female	#41	186	Insufficient	Not yet available
1976	New South Wales, Australia	female	#42	197	Insufficient	Not yet available
1975	New South Wales, Australia	female	#51	179	Insufficient	Not yet available
1974	New South Wales, Australia	female	#48	215	Insufficient	Not yet available
1973	New South Wales, Australia	female	#47	207	Insufficient	Not yet available
1972	New South Wales, Australia	female	#49	219	Insufficient	Not yet available
1971	New South Wales, Australia	female	#44	262	Insufficient	Not yet available
1970	New South Wales, Australia	female	#44	236	Insufficient	Not yet available
1969	New South Wales, Australia	female	#39	251	Insufficient	Not yet available
1968	New South Wales, Australia	female	#35	247	Insufficient	Not yet available
1967	New South Wales, Australia	female	#32	276	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New South Wales, Australia	female	#30	262	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New South Wales, Australia	female	#30	275	Insufficient	Not yet available
1964	New South Wales, Australia	female	#33	277	Insufficient	Not yet available
1963	New South Wales, Australia	female	#32	298	Insufficient	Not yet available
1962	New South Wales, Australia	female	#36	301	Insufficient	Not yet available
1961	New South Wales, Australia	female	#37	301	Insufficient	Not yet available
1960	New South Wales, Australia	female	#37	286	Insufficient	Not yet available
1959	New South Wales, Australia	female	#41	242	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New South Wales, Australia	female	#46	219	Insufficient	Not yet available
1957	New South Wales, Australia	female	#46	211	Insufficient	Not yet available
1956	New South Wales, Australia	female	#47	191	Insufficient	Not yet available
1955	New South Wales, Australia	female	#61	149	Insufficient	Not yet available
1954	New South Wales, Australia	female	#56	163	Insufficient	Not yet available
1953	New South Wales, Australia	female	#53	163	Insufficient	Not yet available
1952	New South Wales, Australia	female	#55	156	Insufficient	Not yet available
1994	New Zealand	female	#83	56	High	Verified
1993	New Zealand	female	#77	61	High	Verified
1992	New Zealand	female	#90	55	High	Verified
1991	New Zealand	female	#78	68	High	Verified
1990	New Zealand	female	#61	89	High	Verified
1989	New Zealand	female	#76	70	High	Verified
1988	New Zealand	female	#70	81	High	Verified
1987	New Zealand	female	#63	83	High	Verified
1986	New Zealand	female	#69	76	High	Verified
1985	New Zealand	female	#82	63	High	Verified
1984	New Zealand	female	#46	102	High	Verified
1983	New Zealand	female	#68	72	High	Verified
1982	New Zealand	female	#59	84	High	Verified
1981	New Zealand	female	#51	91	High	Verified
1980	New Zealand	female	#38	115	High	Verified
1979	New Zealand	female	#46	103	High	Verified
1978	New Zealand	female	#50	95	High	Verified
1977	New Zealand	female	#41	116	High	Verified
1976	New Zealand	female	#44	119	High	Verified
1975	New Zealand	female	#51	114	High	Verified
1974	New Zealand	female	#51	127	High	Verified
1973	New Zealand	female	#46	151	High	Verified
1972	New Zealand	female	#42	170	High	Verified
1971	New Zealand	female	#41	168	High	Verified
1970	New Zealand	female	#42	159	High	Verified
1969	New Zealand	female	#39	157	High	Verified
1968	New Zealand	female	#37	166	High	Verified
1967	New Zealand	female	#35	169	High	Verified
1966	New Zealand	female	#36	175	High	Verified
1965	New Zealand	female	#41	167	High	Verified
1964	New Zealand	female	#38	183	High	Verified
1963	New Zealand	female	#41	178	High	Verified
1962	New Zealand	female	#36	211	High	Verified
1961	New Zealand	female	#38	193	High	Verified
1960	New Zealand	female	#36	183	High	Verified
1959	New Zealand	female	#37	179	High	Verified
1958	New Zealand	female	#44	166	High	Verified
1957	New Zealand	female	#51	130	High	Verified
1956	New Zealand	female	#47	129	High	Verified
1955	New Zealand	female	#61	108	High	Verified
1954	New Zealand	female	#53	122	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#337	4	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#298	5	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#434	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#263	6	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#353	4	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#312	5	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#229	8	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#370	4	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#330	5	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#246	7	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#237	8	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#201	9	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#157	13	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#147	14	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#110	19	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#148	13	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#70	28	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#84	24	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#76	27	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#63	37	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#53	42	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#56	37	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#50	50	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#40	61	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#716	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#581	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#584	6	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#491	8	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#550	7	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#475	9	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#539	7	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#364	13	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#373	11	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#286	14	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#232	17	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	11	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	9	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#406	6	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#196	19	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#179	20	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#194	18	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#293	8	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#219	20	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#248	14	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#194	22	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#179	23	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#143	35	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#141	38	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#163	30	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#151	33	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#141	36	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#153	33	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#210	22	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#179	28	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#173	31	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#152	41	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#150	45	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#161	39	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#167	39	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#159	44	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#181	33	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#172	38	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#180	32	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#173	35	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#195	26	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#169	39	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#184	31	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#175	31	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#174	32	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#200	21	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#169	31	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#185	22	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#171	22	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#164	25	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#144	31	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#167	21	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#790	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1952 and 2024, ranked in 73 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #30, first reached in 1965.

It held a top-100 place in 52 years, 43 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 635 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1954, and 72 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Kathrina · #287, 24y
Kathrine · #51, 63y
Kathy · #236, 44y
Katia · #1195, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Allan · #31, 78y
Owen · #31, 70y
Rosemary · #29, 74y
Stuart · #31, 73y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Jeffrey · #30, 73y
Neil · #30, 74y
Shirley · #30, 72y
Tanya · #30, 66y

Kathryn was ranked #30 in New South Wales, Australia · Girls in 1965. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Kathryn and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kathryn without appearing here.

Kathryn moved ahead of

Rachael Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2888 and #2488 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1575 and #2927.
Jacqueline Compare
In 2003 they stood at #333 and #279 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #304 and #677.
Therese Compare
In 2003 they stood at #333 and #333 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #304 and #511.
Deirdre Compare
In 2009 they stood at #539 and #488 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #475 and #663.

Moved ahead of Kathryn

Anne Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1575 and #1640 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #1036.
Jane Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1351 and #2341 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2888 and #1023.
Elaine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1575 and #1705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #1160.
Christine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1575 and #1640 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #1230.

Moved the opposite way to Kathryn

Tara Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kathryn went from #167 to #856 while Tara went from #327 to #114.
Caoimhe Compare
Between 1966 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kathryn went from #164 to #856 while Caoimhe went from #380 to #26.
Leah Compare
Between 1966 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kathryn went from #164 to #856 while Leah went from #310 to #43.
Abigail Compare
Between 1969 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kathryn went from #169 to #856 while Abigail went from #303 to #84.

Moved the same way as Kathryn

Alma Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kathryn went from #167 to #856 and Alma from #327 to #625.
Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kathryn went from #167 to #856 and Audrey from #85 to #856.
Diane Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kathryn went from #167 to #856 and Diane from #215 to #727.
Eileen Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kathryn went from #167 to #856 and Eileen from #17 to #445.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #30 in New South Wales, Australia in 1966. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kathryn

Kathryn at a glance

What stands out in Kathryn's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kathryn across 5 official records

Kathryn by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Kathryn appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Kathryn

Kathryn and the names beside it

Kathryn moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kathryn

Moved the opposite way to Kathryn

Moved the same way as Kathryn

Kathryn at a glance

What stands out in Kathryn's record

Kathryn across 5 official records

Kathryn by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Kathryn appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Kathryn

Kathryn and the names beside it

Kathryn moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kathryn

Moved the opposite way to Kathryn

Moved the same way as Kathryn