Katherine
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning pure.
How Katherine has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #84 |
| 2016 | #91 |
| 2017 | #105 |
| 2018 | #112 |
| 2019 | #120 |
| 2020 | #135 |
| 2021 | #157 |
| 2022 | #166 |
| 2023 | #169 |
| 2024 | #175 |
| 2025 | #186 |
Katherine by the numbers
In 2025, 40 babies in England and Wales were named Katherine. In the US, 2,833 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 11,624 babies in 1990, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1990, about 1 in 180 American girls born that year was called Katherine.
Names that come from Katherine
Forms of Katherine in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Katiepure; a diminutive of Katherine770 in the US (2017)
- Katelynpure; a modern variant of Katherine760 in the US (2017)
- Kathrynpure; variant spelling of Katherine744 in the US (2017)
- Kitdiminutive of Christopher or Katherine413 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kaelynpure; a modern variant of Katelyn or Katherine332 in the US (2017)
- Kathleenpure; a form of Katherine310 in the US (2017)
- Katrinavariant of Katherine; pure or unsullied193 in the US (2017)
- Katerinapure; a form of Katherine167 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Katherine. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Katharinepure; a form of Katherine72 in the US (2017)
- Katherinpure; a form of Katherine38 in the US (2017)
- Kathrinepure; a variant spelling of Katherine21 in the US (2017)
- Katherinapure; a form of katherine16 in the US (2017)
- Katerinepure; a form of Catherine9 in the US (2017)
- Katherinnepure; a form of Katherine7 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Katherine
Names that are said the same way as Katherine, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean purity
Like Katherine, each of these has purity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Lillianlily; purity6,139 in the US (2017)
- Lilythe lily flower; purity2,249 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Lilianalily; purity2,747 in the US (2017)
- Catalinapure; Spanish form of Catherine1,218 in the US (2017)
- Katepure; a form of katherine1,162 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Katherine
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