girls:
5.1k births since 1897
#2372 (58th percentile)
overall:
5.1k births since 1897
#3839 (50th percentile)
The name Kathlyn is the #3,839 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,065 recorded births since 1897. This represents the 50.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 50.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,372 (58.5% percentile) for all time with 5,065 births since 1897.
Kathlyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1897 (first recorded for girls in 1897). Birth data for Kathlyn is available in 125 out of the 127 years between 1897 and 2023. 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, Kathlyn reached its peak popularity in 1914, achieving the 18.8% percentile (ranked #415) with 127 births per million. The name was most common in 1914, with 127 births per million (ranked 18.8% percentile). Despite a low point in 2014, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Kathlyn ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 4.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kathlyn".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Kathlyn", 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 Kathlyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 84.8% confident that Kathlyn is pronounced as KATH-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KATH-leen, at 15.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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