Kathe

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Kathe: Recorded since 1945, its highest recorded position is #234, and it was last ranked in 1979.

1registrar recorded it
33times a registrar ranked it
35years from first to last
#234highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1945–1979

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#234
1946	#274
1947	#310
1948	#306
1949	#307
1950	#263
1951	#343
1952	#293
1953	#306
1954	#308
1955	#298
1956	#284
1957	#261
1958	#300
1959	#363
1960	#300
1962	#411
1963	#288
1964	#401
1965	#255
1966	#351
1967	#359
1968	#328
1969	#503
1970	#450
1971	#408
1972	#394
1973	#543
1974	#557
1975	#608
1976	#561
1977	#607
1979	#577

VerifiedSource: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name.Confidence: high.

See all Norway names · Source: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name

What the data shows

FallingNorway · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 33 of the 35 years from 1945 to 1979.

Official data for Norway, 1945–1979 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #234 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1979
Highest recorded position: #234 among girls in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–1979).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1979
Most recently recorded at #577 among girls in Norway, in 1979.
Norway · Girls

Kathe by decade in Norway · 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 Kathe in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	49	5 of 10	10
1950s	94	10 of 10	9
1960s	84	9 of 10	9
1970s	52	9 of 10	6

Across Norway · Girls, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Kathe appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1945 to 1979. Highest recorded position: #234 in Norway in 1945.

Kathe'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
1979	Norway	female	#577	5	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#607	4	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#561	5	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#608	4	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#557	5	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#543	5	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#394	9	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#408	8	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#450	7	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#503	5	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#328	11	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#359	9	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#351	9	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#255	15	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#401	7	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#288	12	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#411	6	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#300	10	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#300	10	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#261	12	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#284	10	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#298	10	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#308	9	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#306	9	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#293	10	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#343	6	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#263	11	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#307	8	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#306	8	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#310	8	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#274	11	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#234	14	High	Verified

Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1945 and 1979, ranked in 33 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #234, first reached in 1945.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in Norway in 1965.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

Katharina · #203, 53y
Katharine · #258, 37y
Katherina · #288, 34y
Katherine · #24, 71y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Eimhin · #234, 29y
Møyfrid · #234, 31y
Bertil · #235, 30y
Fiach · #232, 35y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Møyfrid · #234, 31y
Ågot · #235, 19y
Åsta · #235, 55y
Bertil · #235, 30y

Kathe was ranked #234 in Norway · Girls in 1945. 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.

Kathe 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 Kathe without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Kathe

Selma Compare
In 1976 they stood at #561 and #628 in Norway · Girls; by 1977 that had become #607 and #323.
Paula Compare
In 1974 they stood at #557 and #622 in Norway · Girls; by 1975 that had become #608 and #330.
Tina Compare
In 1961 they stood at #300 and #308 in Norway · Girls; by 1962 that had become #411 and #150.
Maja Compare
In 1972 they stood at #394 and #441 in Norway · Girls; by 1973 that had become #543 and #284.

Moved the opposite way to Kathe

Anita Compare
Between 1945 and 1979 in Norway · Girls, Kathe went from #234 to #577 while Anita went from #162 to #16.
Ann Compare
Between 1945 and 1979 in Norway · Girls, Kathe went from #234 to #577 while Ann went from #82 to #23.
Anna Compare
Between 1945 and 1979 in Norway · Girls, Kathe went from #234 to #577 while Anna went from #38 to #21.
Cecilie Compare
Between 1945 and 1979 in Norway · Girls, Kathe went from #234 to #577 while Cecilie went from #359 to #19.

Moved the same way as Kathe

Ada Compare
Between 1945 and 1979 in Norway · Girls, Kathe went from #234 to #577 and Ada from #229 to #547.
Alma Compare
Between 1945 and 1979 in Norway · Girls, Kathe went from #234 to #577 and Alma from #293 to #499.
Annie Compare
Between 1945 and 1979 in Norway · Girls, Kathe went from #234 to #577 and Annie from #180 to #406.
Åse Compare
Between 1945 and 1979 in Norway · Girls, Kathe went from #234 to #577 and Åse from #25 to #103.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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.

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1945 to 1979. Highest recorded position: #234 in Norway in 1945. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Kathe

Kathe at a glance

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Popularity journey

Kathe by decade in Norway · Girls

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Kathe at a glance

Kathe by decade in Norway · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Kathe

Kathe and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Kathe

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