Kathyrn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KATH-rin
- Origin
- Greek
Kathyrn is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “pure (by traditional association)”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kathyrn mean?
Greek: variant spelling of Kathryn
“pure (by traditional association)”
A transposed spelling of Kathryn, the English form of Katherine.
Is Kathyrn a girl's or a boy's name?
Kathyrn is a girls' name.
How popular is Kathyrn in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1953, with 105 girls. It first appears in the records in 1882.
Half of all the girls named Kathyrn in the US since 1880 were born between 1947 and 1973, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kathyrn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,679 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,323 |
| 1990 | 23 | #4,225 |
| 1989 | 22 | #4,242 |
| 1988 | 35 | #2,926 |
| 1987 | 26 | #3,421 |
| 1986 | 30 | #3,052 |
| 1985 | 27 | #3,245 |
| 1984 | 38 | #2,469 |
| 1983 | 43 | #2,235 |
| 1982 | 39 | #2,451 |
| 1981 | 22 | #3,624 |
| 1980 | 28 | #3,069 |
| 1979 | 28 | #2,997 |
| 1978 | 26 | #3,009 |
| 1977 | 27 | #2,908 |
| 1976 | 32 | #2,486 |
| 1975 | 18 | #3,636 |
| 1974 | 25 | #2,835 |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,121 |
| 1972 | 24 | #2,820 |
| 1971 | 37 | #2,175 |
| 1970 | 28 | #2,577 |
| 1969 | 27 | #2,515 |
| 1968 | 36 | #1,999 |
| 1967 | 39 | #1,881 |
| 1966 | 37 | #1,882 |
| 1965 | 28 | #2,246 |
| 1964 | 49 | #1,635 |
| 1963 | 54 | #1,522 |
| 1962 | 51 | #1,576 |
| 1961 | 58 | #1,464 |
| 1960 | 68 | #1,337 |
| 1959 | 62 | #1,357 |
| 1958 | 82 | #1,172 |
| 1957 | 94 | #1,071 |
| 1956 | 78 | #1,175 |
| 1955 | 76 | #1,141 |
| 1954 | 104 | #944 |
| 1953 | 105 | #920 |
| 1952 | 81 | #1,045 |
| 1951 | 99 | #920 |
| 1950 | 85 | #987 |
| 1949 | 80 | #1,004 |
| 1948 | 57 | #1,196 |
| 1947 | 41 | #1,460 |
| 1946 | 41 | #1,359 |
| 1945 | 32 | #1,417 |
| 1944 | 34 | #1,380 |
| 1943 | 26 | #1,663 |
| 1942 | 20 | #1,916 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,810 |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,845 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,143 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,873 |
| 1937 | 18 | #1,845 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,262 |
| 1935 | 16 | #2,005 |
| 1934 | 18 | #1,834 |
| 1933 | 14 | #2,160 |
| 1932 | 16 | #2,036 |
| 1931 | 23 | #1,593 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,305 |
| 1929 | 27 | #1,486 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,496 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,551 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,350 |
| 1925 | 24 | #1,747 |
| 1924 | 25 | #1,723 |
| 1923 | 30 | #1,490 |
| 1922 | 34 | #1,366 |
| 1921 | 28 | #1,577 |
| 1920 | 18 | #2,079 |
| 1919 | 22 | #1,745 |
| 1918 | 27 | #1,537 |
| 1917 | 25 | #1,507 |
| 1916 | 28 | #1,380 |
| 1915 | 23 | #1,523 |
| 1914 | 16 | #1,665 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,766 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,956 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,140 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,607 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,676 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,695 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,876 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,791 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,792 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 7 | #740 |
Nicknames for Kathyrn
Names like Kathyrn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eileen, Karen, Elaine, Helen, Ellen, Catherine, Irene, Bonnie, Barbara, Dorothy, Corinne, Christine
Names related to Kathyrn
Katherine, Kathryn, Katrina, Katheryn, Katharine, Katherin, Katerin, Kathrine
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
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, “Kathyrn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kathyrn, updated 20 October 2026.