Katherin
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KATH-rin
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #4,171 for girls
Katherin is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “pure (by traditional association)”. In 2025 it ranked 4,171st for girls in the US (34 babies).
What does Katherin mean?
Greek: spelling of Katherine
“pure (by traditional association)”
A spelling of Katherine; Saint Catherine of Alexandria was one of the most venerated early Christian martyrs.
Is Katherin a girl's or a boy's name?
Katherin is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Katherin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,171among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 34about 1 in 47,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 34 girls in the US were named Katherin, making it the 4,171st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,777th. Its busiest year was 1989, with 277 girls. It first appears in the records in 1892.
Half of all the girls named Katherin in the US since 1880 were born between 1970 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,100 girls in the US were given Katherin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #170, up from #4,171 for this spelling alone.
Katherin in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #4,171 |
| 2024 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2023 | 43 | #3,584 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,825 |
| 2021 | 38 | #3,881 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,777 |
| 2019 | 42 | #3,610 |
| 2018 | 40 | #3,738 |
| 2017 | 38 | #3,918 |
| 2016 | 54 | #3,060 |
| 2015 | 49 | #3,299 |
| 2014 | 49 | #3,270 |
| 2013 | 44 | #3,511 |
| 2012 | 43 | #3,643 |
| 2011 | 71 | #2,533 |
| 2010 | 60 | #2,869 |
| 2009 | 90 | #2,190 |
| 2008 | 71 | #2,609 |
| 2007 | 69 | #2,647 |
| 2006 | 91 | #2,127 |
| 2005 | 65 | #2,603 |
| 2004 | 94 | #1,971 |
| 2003 | 63 | #2,553 |
| 2002 | 61 | #2,551 |
| 2001 | 65 | #2,407 |
| 2000 | 51 | #2,813 |
| 1999 | 52 | #2,672 |
| 1998 | 60 | #2,335 |
| 1997 | 42 | #2,871 |
| 1996 | 38 | #3,088 |
| 1995 | 44 | #2,730 |
| 1994 | 55 | #2,348 |
| 1993 | 47 | #2,595 |
| 1992 | 61 | #2,186 |
| 1991 | 42 | #2,784 |
| 1990 | 55 | #2,284 |
| 1989 | 277 | #716 |
| 1988 | 43 | #2,484 |
| 1987 | 36 | #2,721 |
| 1986 | 37 | #2,619 |
| 1985 | 33 | #2,803 |
| 1984 | 26 | #3,232 |
| 1983 | 34 | #2,594 |
| 1982 | 37 | #2,532 |
| 1981 | 33 | #2,723 |
| 1980 | 21 | #3,718 |
| 1979 | 34 | #2,621 |
| 1978 | 28 | #2,859 |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,611 |
| 1976 | 24 | #3,001 |
| 1975 | 22 | #3,155 |
| 1974 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1973 | 23 | #2,914 |
| 1972 | 24 | #2,820 |
| 1971 | 19 | #3,373 |
| 1970 | 20 | #3,208 |
| 1969 | 19 | #3,101 |
| 1968 | 24 | #2,538 |
| 1967 | 29 | #2,212 |
| 1966 | 17 | #3,039 |
| 1965 | 17 | #3,049 |
| 1964 | 21 | #2,751 |
| 1963 | 26 | #2,363 |
| 1962 | 20 | #2,740 |
| 1961 | 20 | #2,751 |
| 1960 | 25 | #2,368 |
| 1959 | 16 | #2,979 |
| 1958 | 24 | #2,321 |
| 1957 | 25 | #2,217 |
| 1956 | 27 | #2,102 |
| 1955 | 29 | #1,977 |
| 1954 | 25 | #2,121 |
| 1953 | 29 | #1,871 |
| 1952 | 19 | #2,410 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,809 |
| 1950 | 29 | #1,763 |
| 1949 | 22 | #2,068 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,136 |
| 1947 | 13 | #2,897 |
| 1946 | 15 | #2,481 |
| 1945 | 15 | #2,236 |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,138 |
| 1943 | 15 | #2,351 |
| 1942 | 19 | #1,980 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,861 |
| 1939 | 19 | #1,797 |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,179 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,688 |
| 1935 | 14 | #2,205 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,687 |
| 1932 | 9 | #3,045 |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,224 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,920 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,741 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,551 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,350 |
| 1925 | 17 | #2,190 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1923 | 10 | #3,124 |
| 1922 | 15 | #2,387 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,762 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,899 |
| 1919 | 16 | #2,156 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,243 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,878 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,256 |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,133 |
| 1914 | 14 | #1,818 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,208 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,426 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,450 |
Nicknames for Katherin
Names like Katherin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaitlyn Jocelyn Autumn Kayla Zoe Nicole Kendall Chloe Megan Tessa Stevie Erin
Other spellings of Katherin
Names related to Katherin
More Greek names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Katherin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/katherin, updated 20 October 2026.