girls:
3.5k births since 1913
#2920 (49th percentile)
overall:
3.5k births since 1913
#4625 (40th percentile)
The name Kathlene is the #4,625 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,500 recorded births since 1913. This represents the 40.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 40.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,920 (48.9% percentile) for all time with 3,500 births since 1913.
Kathlene first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913 (first recorded for girls in 1913). Birth data for Kathlene is available in 97 out of the 102 years between 1913 and 2014. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Kathlene reached its peak popularity in 1950, achieving the 17.2% percentile (ranked #556) with 68 births per million. The name was most common in 1950, with 68 births per million (ranked 17.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2014.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kathlene".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Kathlene", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 19 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Kathleen" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Kathleen..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kathlene. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 75.5% confident that Kathlene is pronounced as KATH-leen, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KATH-LEEN, at 24.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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