Katherine
Girl9 letters
#608
in Ireland (2025)
#590 with spellings combined
5
babies in 2025
#71
best rank (1965)
2,593
babies since 1964
Down 274
10-year rank change
Katherine through the years
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| Year | Babies (girls) | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #590 |
| 2024 | 6 | #546 |
| 2023 | 3 | #832 |
| 2022 | 4 | #730 |
| 2021 | 7 | #510 |
| 2020 | 6 | #534 |
| 2019 | 5 | #613 |
| 2018 | 10 | #408 |
| 2017 | 16 | #289 |
| 2016 | 14 | #317 |
| 2015 | 15 | #316 |
| 2014 | 13 | #353 |
| 2013 | 17 | #287 |
| 2012 | 15 | #338 |
| 2011 | 18 | #285 |
| 2010 | 16 | #320 |
| 2009 | 19 | #263 |
| 2008 | 23 | #237 |
| 2007 | 22 | #222 |
| 2006 | 23 | #197 |
| 2005 | 29 | #155 |
| 2004 | 32 | #140 |
| 2003 | 29 | #150 |
| 2002 | 27 | #153 |
| 2001 | 29 | #142 |
| 2000 | 38 | #112 |
| 1999 | 13 | #233 |
| 1998 | 23 | #152 |
| 1997 | 34 | #148 |
| 1996 | 44 | #119 |
| 1995 | 43 | #119 |
| 1994 | 43 | #121 |
| 1993 | 40 | #130 |
| 1992 | 54 | #107 |
| 1991 | 48 | #120 |
| 1990 | 42 | #126 |
| 1989 | 68 | #104 |
| 1988 | 61 | #108 |
| 1987 | 60 | #110 |
| 1986 | 49 | #119 |
| 1985 | 83 | #87 |
| 1984 | 53 | #125 |
| 1983 | 75 | #102 |
| 1982 | 87 | #96 |
| 1981 | 71 | #113 |
| 1980 | 69 | #113 |
| 1979 | 71 | #113 |
| 1978 | 63 | #120 |
| 1977 | 67 | #119 |
| 1976 | 57 | #133 |
| 1975 | 44 | #153 |
| 1974 | 65 | #120 |
| 1973 | 63 | #125 |
| 1972 | 53 | #132 |
| 1971 | 87 | #99 |
| 1970 | 59 | #116 |
| 1969 | 69 | #105 |
| 1968 | 64 | #104 |
| 1967 | 83 | #83 |
| 1966 | 80 | #78 |
| 1965 | 91 | #71 |
| 1964 | 76 | #77 |
Source: CSO, Irish Babies' Names (VSA50, VSA60), CC BY 4.0.
We haven't written up the meaning and story of Katherine yet. The popularity figures above come straight from the CSO.
Spellings counted here
| Spelling | 2025 | All years |
|---|---|---|
| Katherine | 5 | 2,593 |
In Northern Ireland
Not in the 2025 list. Best rank #56 (1998); 374 babies since 1997.
Source: NISRA, Open Government Licence.