Kathryn
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning pure; variant spelling of Katherine.
How Kathryn has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #319 |
| 2016 | #396 |
| 2017 | #425 |
| 2018 | #454 |
| 2019 | #484 |
| 2020 | #526 |
| 2021 | #591 |
| 2022 | #658 |
| 2023 | #681 |
| 2024 | #717 |
| 2025 | #729 |
Kathryn by the numbers
In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Kathryn. In the US, 744 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 8,503 babies in 1952, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1950, about 1 in 220 American girls born that year was called Kathryn.
Other names that come from Katherine
Like Kathryn, each of these traces back to Katherine: a form of it, a name built from it, or 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)
- 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)
- Karipure; a form of Katherine153 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kathryn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Katherynpure; a variant spelling of Katherine44 in the US (2017)
- Kathrynepure; a form of Katherine15 in the US (2017)
- Kathlynpure; a form of Katherine10 in the US (2017)
- Kathrynnpure; a form of Katherine9 in the US (2017)
- Katerynpure; a form of Catherine or Katherine7 in the US (2017)
- Kamryncrooked nose; a spelling variant of Cameron1,010 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Kathryn
Names that are said the same way as Kathryn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean purity
Like Kathryn, each of these has purity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Kathryn
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