Kathrin

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Kathrin: Recorded since 1962, with a gap of 17 years, it reached #285 in 1976, and it was last ranked in 2008.

2registrars recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
47years from first to last
#285highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Kathrin's record

Absent from every published list for 17 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 2008

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2008	#5545

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

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 26 of the 29 years from 1962 to 1990.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1962–2008 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1962
First recorded at #508 among girls in Norway in 1962 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1962–1990
Highest recorded position: #285 among girls in Norway, in 1976 (recorded 1962–1990).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1990
Most recently recorded at #660 among girls in Norway, in 1990.
Norway · Girls

Kathrin 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 Kathrin in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	57	7 of 10	8
1970sbusiest	90	9 of 10	10
1980s	62	9 of 10	7
1990s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Kathrin 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 2 regions, from 1962 to 2008. Highest recorded position: #285 in Norway in 1976.

Kathrin'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
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#660	4	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#671	4	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#615	5	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#656	4	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#424	10	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#557	6	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#648	4	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#456	8	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#383	10	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#371	11	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#365	11	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#513	6	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#285	15	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#288	15	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#501	6	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#544	5	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#304	14	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#488	6	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#310	12	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#360	9	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#374	9	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#360	9	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#373	8	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#299	12	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#436	6	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#508	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1962 and 2008, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #285, first reached in 1976.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in Norway in 1975.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 17 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 46 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.

Kathleen · #18, 74y
Kathlyn · #211, 20y
Kathrina · #287, 24y
Kathrine · #51, 63y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Esha · #285, 29y
Imaan · #285, 29y
Sion · #285, 30y
Farrell · #286, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Celia · #284, 46y
Dejan · #284, 37y
Jeanne · #284, 47y
Lavinia · #284, 49y

Kathrin was ranked #285 in Norway · Girls in 1976. 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.

Kathrin 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 Kathrin without appearing here.

Kathrin moved ahead of

Janet Compare
In 1984 they stood at #557 and #505 in Norway · Girls; by 1985 that had become #424 and #565.

Moved ahead of Kathrin

Sophie Compare
In 1985 they stood at #424 and #637 in Norway · Girls; by 1986 that had become #656 and #242.
Amanda Compare
In 1985 they stood at #424 and #433 in Norway · Girls; by 1986 that had become #656 and #253.
Linnea Compare
In 1985 they stood at #424 and #426 in Norway · Girls; by 1986 that had become #656 and #319.
Thea Compare
In 1976 they stood at #285 and #290 in Norway · Girls; by 1977 that had become #513 and #194.

Moved the opposite way to Kathrin

Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 1990 in Norway · Girls, Kathrin went from #436 to #660 while Alexandra went from #452 to #135.
Emma Compare
Between 1964 and 1990 in Norway · Girls, Kathrin went from #436 to #660 while Emma went from #425 to #109.
Jessica Compare
Between 1964 and 1990 in Norway · Girls, Kathrin went from #436 to #660 while Jessica went from #471 to #166.
Laura Compare
Between 1964 and 1990 in Norway · Girls, Kathrin went from #436 to #660 while Laura went from #402 to #231.

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 2 regions, from 1962 to 2008. Highest recorded position: #285 in Norway in 1976. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Kathrin

Kathrin at a glance

What stands out in Kathrin's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kathrin by decade in Norway · Girls

Kathrin appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Kathrin

Kathrin and the names beside it

Kathrin moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kathrin

Moved the opposite way to Kathrin

Kathrin at a glance

What stands out in Kathrin's record

Kathrin by decade in Norway · Girls

Kathrin appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Kathrin

Kathrin and the names beside it

Kathrin moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kathrin

Moved the opposite way to Kathrin