Name profile

Kathleen

Anglicized form of Caitlín.

PronunciationEnglish /kæθ.ˈlin/
Usage languagesDutch, English, Irish
US rank (2025)#1,150

Meaning and history

Kathleen is the Anglicized form of Caitlín.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 878 births, rank #371
2007: 779 births, rank #422
2008: 704 births, rank #448
2009: 542 births, rank #563
2010: 495 births, rank #594
20112011: 451 births, rank #630
2012: 427 births, rank #661
2013: 432 births, rank #660
2014: 422 births, rank #674
2015: 341 births, rank #823
20162016: 341 births, rank #838
2017: 314 births, rank #870
2018: 306 births, rank #883
2019: 280 births, rank #944
2020: 253 births, rank #1,004
20212021: 262 births, rank #987
2022: 228 births, rank #1,095
2023: 248 births, rank #1,018
2024: 223 births, rank #1,099
20252025: 201 births, rank #1,150

Kathleen moved from #944 to #987 for girls between 2019 and 2021. Its highest annual birth count came in 1951, with 26,716 births.