Katherine
66
Babies in 2024
-64%
10-year change
1996
Peak · 1.27k
+3%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Katherine
Katherine peaked among UK girls' names in the late 1990s (1,266 babies in 1996) and has remained in active use — 66 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Katherine reached its peak in 1996, when 1,266 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #48 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 66 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 11,323 girls have been officially registered with the name Katherine in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 1,226 girls were registered with the name, starting from 182 in 2014 and ending at 66 in 2024.