Kathyleen

girls:

541 births since 1914

#5175 (9th percentile)

overall:

541 births since 1914

#7198 (7th percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Kathyleen is the #7,198 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 541 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 7.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,175 (9.4% percentile) for all time with 541 births since 1914.

Kathyleen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (first recorded for girls in 1914). Birth data for Kathyleen is available in 52 out of the 85 years between 1914 and 1998. 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, Kathyleen reached its peak popularity in 1951, achieving the 3.0% percentile (ranked #678) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1951, with 14 births per million (ranked 3.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1998.

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

1914 1998 19141998

Key Statistics

Total Births
541
Peak Births
26
Peak Year
1951
First Recorded
1914
Peak Percentile
3.0%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#678
Current Rank
Female statistics

How to Pronounce Kathyleen

Our model has identified 9 different pronunciations for the name Kathyleen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 28.3% confident that Kathyleen is pronounced as KATH-LEEN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KATH-leen, at 22.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.

KA-thee-leen (3 syllables)
13.2% confidence
K AE1 TH IY0 L IY0 N
KA-thih-leen (3 syllables)
5.7% confidence
K AE1 TH IH0 L IY0 N
KA-thih-LEEN (3 syllables)
3.8% confidence
K AE1 TH IH0 L IY1 N
ka-THEE-leen (3 syllables)
3.8% confidence
K AE0 TH IY1 L IY0 N

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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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.

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