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Girl name#841 of girl names

Kathrine

Pronounced K AA1 T IY1 EY1 CH R AY1 N (ARPABET)

  • 4 syllables
  • Peaked 1956
  • 145 years in use
  • 1 spelling
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How popular is Kathrine?

Kathrine is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 23,475 children — the 841st most common girls' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 223 births across the past decade, against a peak of 453 in a single year. That peak was in 1956.

Cathrine is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

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Spelling variants

These spellings sound identical to Kathrine and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

  • Cathrine

Characteristics

  • 4 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
K AA1 T IY1 EY1 CH R AY1 N · K AE1 TH R AY1 N · K AH1 T IY1 EY1 CH R AY1 N · S IY1 EY1 T IY1 EY1 CH R AY1 N
Stress pattern:
1111 · 11 · 1111 · 11111
Syllables:
4

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Kathrine

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Kathrine

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Kathrine?
Kathrine ranks 841st among girls' names in US records, with 23,475 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 223.
Is Kathrine a unisex name?
No. Kathrine is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Kathrine most popular?
1956, when 453 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Kathrine spelled?
Cathrine. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.