Kathlyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KATH-lin
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #4,757 for girls
Kathlyn is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “pure (by traditional association)”. In 2025 it ranked 4,757th for girls in the US (28 babies).
What does Kathlyn mean?
Greek: blend of Kathleen and Kathryn
“pure (by traditional association)”
The Adventures of Kathlyn (1913), an early American film serial, starred the actress Kathlyn Williams.
Is Kathlyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Kathlyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kathlyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,757among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 57,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 203% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the US were named Kathlyn, making it the 4,757th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 1951, with 125 girls. It first appears in the records in 1897.
Half of all the girls named Kathlyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1934 and 1987, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kathlyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #4,757 |
| 2024 | 63 | #2,722 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 31 | #4,676 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 34 | #4,379 |
| 2006 | 42 | #3,668 |
| 2005 | 39 | #3,726 |
| 2004 | 44 | #3,387 |
| 2003 | 41 | #3,468 |
| 2002 | 34 | #3,806 |
| 2001 | 42 | #3,252 |
| 2000 | 53 | #2,736 |
| 1999 | 38 | #3,310 |
| 1998 | 33 | #3,570 |
| 1997 | 35 | #3,299 |
| 1996 | 43 | #2,792 |
| 1995 | 46 | #2,645 |
| 1994 | 66 | #2,074 |
| 1993 | 54 | #2,346 |
| 1992 | 76 | #1,851 |
| 1991 | 45 | #2,654 |
| 1990 | 53 | #2,340 |
| 1989 | 46 | #2,473 |
| 1988 | 53 | #2,147 |
| 1987 | 47 | #2,274 |
| 1986 | 50 | #2,115 |
| 1985 | 33 | #2,803 |
| 1984 | 29 | #2,991 |
| 1983 | 34 | #2,594 |
| 1982 | 32 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 28 | #3,066 |
| 1980 | 30 | #2,940 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,051 |
| 1978 | 26 | #3,009 |
| 1977 | 19 | #3,760 |
| 1976 | 20 | #3,406 |
| 1975 | 25 | #2,881 |
| 1974 | 22 | #3,110 |
| 1973 | 19 | #3,341 |
| 1972 | 23 | #2,903 |
| 1971 | 26 | #2,736 |
| 1970 | 25 | #2,779 |
| 1969 | 30 | #2,350 |
| 1968 | 38 | #1,940 |
| 1967 | 32 | #2,079 |
| 1966 | 34 | #1,982 |
| 1965 | 23 | #2,537 |
| 1964 | 52 | #1,578 |
| 1963 | 35 | #1,980 |
| 1962 | 37 | #1,888 |
| 1961 | 48 | #1,626 |
| 1960 | 53 | #1,522 |
| 1959 | 61 | #1,369 |
| 1958 | 48 | #1,541 |
| 1957 | 66 | #1,300 |
| 1956 | 80 | #1,159 |
| 1955 | 77 | #1,138 |
| 1954 | 80 | #1,101 |
| 1953 | 110 | #896 |
| 1952 | 102 | #913 |
| 1951 | 125 | #793 |
| 1950 | 102 | #875 |
| 1949 | 116 | #806 |
| 1948 | 117 | #795 |
| 1947 | 107 | #847 |
| 1946 | 88 | #884 |
| 1945 | 65 | #954 |
| 1944 | 72 | #900 |
| 1943 | 52 | #1,112 |
| 1942 | 36 | #1,349 |
| 1941 | 42 | #1,151 |
| 1940 | 33 | #1,294 |
| 1939 | 34 | #1,265 |
| 1938 | 22 | #1,650 |
| 1937 | 30 | #1,330 |
| 1936 | 27 | #1,413 |
| 1935 | 35 | #1,197 |
| 1934 | 19 | #1,771 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,835 |
| 1932 | 24 | #1,568 |
| 1931 | 26 | #1,458 |
| 1930 | 33 | #1,320 |
| 1929 | 39 | #1,195 |
| 1928 | 33 | #1,337 |
| 1927 | 39 | #1,261 |
| 1926 | 39 | #1,243 |
| 1925 | 27 | #1,608 |
| 1924 | 58 | #999 |
| 1923 | 63 | #922 |
| 1922 | 67 | #891 |
| 1921 | 81 | #813 |
| 1920 | 66 | #894 |
| 1919 | 65 | #870 |
| 1918 | 77 | #815 |
| 1917 | 73 | #807 |
| 1916 | 86 | #731 |
| 1915 | 108 | #632 |
| 1914 | 101 | #557 |
| 1913 | 28 | #1,020 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,620 |
| 1911 | 15 | #1,171 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,369 |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,439 |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,060 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 8 | #1,419 |
| 1904 | 9 | #1,250 |
| 1903 | 8 | #1,318 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,792 |
| 1901 | 10 | #1,067 |
| 1900 | 12 | #1,105 |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,277 |
| 1898 | 8 | #1,263 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,554 |
Nicknames for Kathlyn
- Kathy 3 girls in the UK in 2025
- Kath
Names like Kathlyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eileen Elaine Karen Helen Kaitlyn Evelyn Irene Gwendolyn Aileen Roslyn Carolyn Carmen
Names related to Kathlyn
Katelyn Kathleen Katelynn Kaitlynn Katalyna Katlyn Kathalina
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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, “Kathlyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kathlyn, updated 20 October 2026.