How Many People Are Named Kathren?
An estimated 677 people in the United States have the first name Kathren. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 51 years old, and Kathren peaked in popularity in 1956 with 26 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Kathren as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Kathren paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
677
About 1 in 506,284 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
51
years old
Peak Year
1956
26 births
Total Registered
947
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Kathren
Kathren is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 947 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Kathren as a female name
Ranked #15,910 in 2012
6 female births in 2012
Peak: 1956 (26 births)
Kathren: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Kathren span from the 1910s to the 2010s, covering 11 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1950s, when 166 babies were registered. Kathren has declined significantly from its peak in the 1950s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Kathren by Decade
How has Kathren tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Kathren by State
Kathren + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Kathren as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Kathren
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Kathren: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Kathren?
We estimate approximately 677 people named Kathren are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 506,284 Americans share this first name.
Is Kathren a common name?
Kathren is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 87.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 947 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Kathren most popular?
Kathren reached peak popularity in 1956, when 26 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Kathren is approximately 51 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Kathren a female name?
Kathren is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Kathren Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Kathren Smith, Kathren Johnson, Kathren Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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