Katherine
For 2025 the count puts Katherine at #186 nationwide, holding steady. On the books since 1880, peaking in 1990: 650,926 American children so far.
What Katherine carries
Katherine · Greek
“pure”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Katherine’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Katherine, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Katherine since 1880
Katherine peaked in 1990 at #26; #186 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Katherine is most common
Katherine is most common in District of Columbia: 0.45% of the state's recorded girls' names in 2025. Alabama (0.28%) and South Carolina (0.24%) follow.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Katherine
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Alexander
#30 in 2025 · Greek
Nicolas
#177 in 2025 · Greek
Andrea
#235 in 2025 · Greek
Nicholas
#112 in 2025 · Greek
Andrew
#73 in 2025 · Greek
Anastasia
#163 in 2025 · Greek
Catalina
#111 in 2025 · Greek
Penelope
#22 in 2025 · Greek
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About Katherine
How common is Katherine today?
For 2025 the count puts Katherine at #186 nationwide, holding steady. The full curve since 1880 is above, public federal data, redrawn, never estimated.
Does Katherine have a meaning on record?
“pure” is the meaning our source sets down, of Greek origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
What names go with Katherine?
On origin, era, syllables and first letter, Alexander sits closest, with Nicolas and Andrea just behind. Give the matcher the names already in the house and it scores the whole top thousand against them.
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