Over the past 110 years, 216 boys and 611 434 girls have been named Katherine. The name Katherine ranks 4535th in the United States among the most common names for boys. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Katherine in 1964. The peak of popularity of the name Katherine came in the 1970s and 1980s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.