Kathrine
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KATH-rin
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Kathrine is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “pure (by traditional association)”. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Kathrine mean?
Greek: spelling of Katherine, also Danish and Norwegian
“pure (by traditional association)”
A spelling of Katherine also used in Denmark and Norway.
Is Kathrine a girl's or a boy's name?
Kathrine is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kathrine in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 19 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kathrine in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Kathrine in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,792 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 8 | #2,110 |
| 1997 | 16 | #1,278 |
| 1996 | 19 | #1,090 |
How popular is Kathrine in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,131st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Kathrine, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 1956, with 275 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kathrine in the US since 1880 were born between 1946 and 1987, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,100 girls in the US were given Kathrine or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #170, up from #7,131 for this spelling alone.
Kathrine in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,796 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 24 | #5,311 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 25 | #5,283 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 31 | #4,542 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 42 | #3,710 |
| 2011 | 46 | #3,451 |
| 2010 | 53 | #3,122 |
| 2009 | 61 | #2,851 |
| 2008 | 77 | #2,462 |
| 2007 | 86 | #2,257 |
| 2006 | 102 | #1,961 |
| 2005 | 98 | #1,949 |
| 2004 | 89 | #2,042 |
| 2003 | 119 | #1,611 |
| 2002 | 112 | #1,641 |
| 2001 | 124 | #1,505 |
| 2000 | 123 | #1,489 |
| 1999 | 136 | #1,319 |
| 1998 | 138 | #1,293 |
| 1997 | 171 | #1,095 |
| 1996 | 163 | #1,110 |
| 1995 | 189 | #988 |
| 1994 | 188 | #984 |
| 1993 | 208 | #917 |
| 1992 | 261 | #780 |
| 1991 | 235 | #848 |
| 1990 | 260 | #780 |
| 1989 | 254 | #765 |
| 1988 | 248 | #755 |
| 1987 | 234 | #768 |
| 1986 | 208 | #807 |
| 1985 | 214 | #784 |
| 1984 | 204 | #784 |
| 1983 | 225 | #730 |
| 1982 | 175 | #880 |
| 1981 | 202 | #798 |
| 1980 | 191 | #822 |
| 1979 | 216 | #748 |
| 1978 | 188 | #797 |
| 1977 | 197 | #764 |
| 1976 | 140 | #924 |
| 1975 | 155 | #863 |
| 1974 | 152 | #859 |
| 1973 | 141 | #890 |
| 1972 | 162 | #818 |
| 1971 | 173 | #807 |
| 1970 | 183 | #775 |
| 1969 | 169 | #791 |
| 1968 | 187 | #712 |
| 1967 | 169 | #755 |
| 1966 | 180 | #734 |
| 1965 | 188 | #725 |
| 1964 | 171 | #797 |
| 1963 | 179 | #773 |
| 1962 | 181 | #772 |
| 1961 | 203 | #730 |
| 1960 | 190 | #736 |
| 1959 | 221 | #672 |
| 1958 | 231 | #650 |
| 1957 | 244 | #624 |
| 1956 | 275 | #566 |
| 1955 | 265 | #554 |
| 1954 | 243 | #578 |
| 1953 | 180 | #668 |
| 1952 | 221 | #582 |
| 1951 | 217 | #579 |
| 1950 | 191 | #603 |
| 1949 | 177 | #620 |
| 1948 | 145 | #688 |
| 1947 | 128 | #758 |
| 1946 | 90 | #873 |
| 1945 | 67 | #925 |
| 1944 | 89 | #808 |
| 1943 | 98 | #786 |
| 1942 | 77 | #887 |
| 1941 | 69 | #876 |
| 1940 | 65 | #887 |
| 1939 | 85 | #740 |
| 1938 | 77 | #803 |
| 1937 | 54 | #940 |
| 1936 | 84 | #723 |
| 1935 | 78 | #766 |
| 1934 | 76 | #768 |
| 1933 | 67 | #814 |
| 1932 | 71 | #808 |
| 1931 | 85 | #728 |
| 1930 | 81 | #780 |
| 1929 | 90 | #735 |
| 1928 | 104 | #685 |
| 1927 | 116 | #670 |
| 1926 | 121 | #655 |
| 1925 | 111 | #698 |
| 1924 | 123 | #669 |
| 1923 | 121 | #674 |
| 1922 | 113 | #689 |
| 1921 | 112 | #699 |
| 1920 | 127 | #640 |
| 1919 | 117 | #641 |
| 1918 | 134 | #608 |
| 1917 | 105 | #663 |
| 1916 | 108 | #654 |
| 1915 | 89 | #704 |
| 1914 | 67 | #706 |
| 1913 | 75 | #594 |
| 1912 | 59 | #648 |
| 1911 | 41 | #676 |
| 1910 | 42 | #658 |
| 1909 | 33 | #691 |
| 1908 | 21 | #849 |
| 1907 | 27 | #726 |
| 1906 | 26 | #716 |
| 1905 | 27 | #683 |
| 1904 | 20 | #805 |
| 1903 | 22 | #712 |
| 1902 | 21 | #756 |
| 1901 | 26 | #615 |
| 1900 | 29 | #656 |
| 1899 | 22 | #664 |
| 1898 | 21 | #719 |
| 1897 | 23 | #644 |
| 1896 | 21 | #688 |
| 1895 | 21 | #685 |
| 1894 | 17 | #719 |
| 1893 | 24 | #571 |
| 1892 | 28 | #510 |
| 1891 | 18 | #624 |
| 1890 | 34 | #435 |
| 1889 | 34 | #416 |
| 1888 | 22 | #533 |
| 1887 | 23 | #464 |
| 1886 | 24 | #439 |
| 1885 | 25 | #413 |
| 1884 | 21 | #438 |
| 1883 | 22 | #397 |
| 1882 | 29 | #326 |
| 1881 | 19 | #384 |
| 1880 | 21 | #352 |
Nicknames for Kathrine
Names like Kathrine
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Katie, Alice, Charlotte, Georgia, Sarah, Sophie, Catherine, Elizabeth, Anna, Phoebe, Grace, Kate
Other spellings of Kathrine
Names related to Kathrine
Katerina, Katrina, Katarina, Katharine, Katrin, Katherina, Katheryn
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Zoe, Iris, Maisie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Kathrine: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kathrine, updated 20 October 2026.