Katharine

girls:

41.2k births since 1880

#665 (88th percentile)

boys:

11 births since 1984

#4575 (0th percentile)

overall:

41.2k births since 1880

#1219 (84th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Katharine".

1880 2023 18802023

Key Statistics

Total Births
41,198
Peak Births
947
Peak Year
1982
First Recorded
1880
Peak Percentile
67.9%
Current Percentile
3.1%
Peak Rank
#146
Current Rank
#918
Female statistics
Total Births
11
Peak Births
6
Peak Year
1984
First Recorded
1984
Peak Percentile
0.1%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#687
Current Rank
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Katharine

Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Katharine. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 44.0% confident that Katharine is pronounced as KA-thrihn. The next most likely pronunciation is KA-ther-ihn, at 36.0% confidence.

KA-thuh-rihn (3 syllables)
6.0% confidence
K AE1 TH AH0 R IH0 N
KA-thuh-reen (3 syllables)
6.0% confidence
K AE1 TH AH0 R IY0 N

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Katharine. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Katharine, please vote using the thumbs up button.

KA-ther-uhn (3 syllables)
4 names 667.9k births
K AE1 TH ER0 AH0 N
KA-thruhn (2 syllables)
5 names 459.9k births
K AE1 TH R AH0 N

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like K AE1 TH R IH0 N) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.