Meaning and history
English variant of Katherine and German variant of Katharina, best known through American actress Katharine Hepburn (1907–2003).
20062006: 293 births, rank #905
2007: 256 births, rank #1,030
2008: 191 births, rank #1,299
2009: 160 births, rank #1,450
2010: 127 births, rank #1,668
20112011: 134 births, rank #1,612
2012: 110 births, rank #1,831
2013: 109 births, rank #1,849
2014: 89 births, rank #2,139
2015: 89 births, rank #2,138
20162016: 62 births, rank #2,761
2017: 73 births, rank #2,464
2018: 56 births, rank #2,928
2019: 66 births, rank #2,632
2020: 45 births, rank #3,399
20212021: 31 births, rank #4,413
2022: 42 births, rank #3,653
2023: 34 births, rank #4,191
2024: 28 births, rank #4,772
20252025: 27 births, rank #4,878
Katharine moved from #842 to #907 for girls between 2005 and 2006. Its highest annual birth count came in 1982, with 946 births.