Girl
Katharine
The name Katharine carries the meaning "pure". It has faded some since the 1980s without dropping off entirely. These days, it is neither rare nor overly common. Its single strongest year on record was 1982.
EtymologyVariant of Katherine
EtymologyMeaning "pure"
Births by decade
1900s
1,246
1910s
2,854
1920s
2,572
1930s
1,724
1940s
2,789
1950s
3,709
1960s
3,113
1970s
3,848
1980s
7,875
1990s
5,315
2000s
2,881
2010s
791
Peaked in the 1980s · 38,717 total U.S. births since 1900