Kathern is an uncommon variant of Katherine that was most common in the 1950s and has all but disappeared.
Kathern is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2006. Kathern was first reported in SSA data in 1884 and peaked in 1954 (96 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 5 | 5 | #18,590 |
| 2005 | 6 | 6 | #15,445 |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 1999 | 7 | 7 | #11,988 |
| 1998 | 8 | 8 | #10,601 |
| 1996 | 11 | — | #7,840 |
| 1994 | 7 | — | #11,105 |
| 1993 | 15 | — | #6,097 |
| 1992 | 13 | — | #6,843 |
| 1991 | 13 | — | #6,779 |
| 1990 | 16 | — | #5,678 |
| 1989 | 10 | — | #7,710 |
| 1988 | 13 | — | #6,055 |
| 1987 | 12 | — | #6,108 |
| 1986 | 16 | — | #4,838 |
| 1985 | 18 | — | #4,352 |
| 1984 | 11 | — | #6,076 |
| 1983 | 15 | — | #4,775 |
| 1982 | 24 | — | #3,473 |
| 1981 | 16 | — | #4,619 |
| 1980 | 16 | — | #4,612 |
| 1979 | 19 | — | #3,965 |
| 1978 | 23 | — | #3,325 |
| 1977 | 15 | — | #4,522 |
| 1976 | 12 | — | #5,023 |
| 1975 | 28 | — | #2,705 |
| 1974 | 19 | — | #3,487 |
| 1973 | 21 | — | #3,167 |
| 1972 | 31 | — | #2,373 |
| 1971 | 24 | — | #2,905 |
| 1970 | 40 | — | #2,061 |
| 1969 | 33 | — | #2,230 |
| 1968 | 32 | — | #2,144 |
| 1967 | 25 | — | #2,462 |
| 1966 | 34 | — | #1,995 |
| 1965 | 30 | — | #2,179 |
| 1964 | 37 | — | #1,961 |
| 1963 | 36 | — | #1,966 |
| 1962 | 38 | — | #1,874 |
| 1961 | 43 | — | #1,758 |
| 1960 | 40 | — | #1,802 |
| 1959 | 50 | — | #1,543 |
| 1958 | 63 | — | #1,336 |
| 1957 | 63 | — | #1,338 |
| 1956 | 68 | — | #1,262 |
| 1955 | 81 | — | #1,109 |
| 1954 | 96 | — | #996 |
| 1953 | 76 | — | #1,118 |
| 1952 | 80 | — | #1,055 |
| 1951 | 89 | — | #991 |
| 1950 | 77 | — | #1,046 |
| 1949 | 63 | — | #1,148 |
| 1948 | 53 | — | #1,260 |
| 1947 | 57 | — | #1,197 |
| 1946 | 47 | — | #1,263 |
| 1945 | 42 | — | #1,243 |
| 1944 | 43 | — | #1,212 |
| 1943 | 51 | — | #1,134 |
| 1942 | 46 | — | #1,170 |
| 1941 | 50 | — | #1,040 |
| 1940 | 51 | — | #1,004 |
| 1939 | 47 | — | #1,045 |
| 1938 | 55 | — | #958 |
| 1937 | 52 | — | #971 |
| 1936 | 45 | — | #1,044 |
| 1935 | 38 | — | #1,149 |
| 1934 | 38 | — | #1,157 |
| 1933 | 51 | — | #963 |
| 1932 | 42 | — | #1,104 |
| 1931 | 48 | — | #1,016 |
| 1930 | 49 | — | #1,056 |
| 1929 | 34 | — | #1,297 |
| 1928 | 23 | — | #1,754 |
| 1927 | 47 | — | #1,114 |
| 1926 | 42 | — | #1,190 |
| 1925 | 39 | — | #1,261 |
| 1924 | 40 | — | #1,268 |
| 1923 | 53 | — | #1,041 |
| 1922 | 46 | — | #1,136 |
| 1921 | 59 | — | #966 |
| 1920 | 39 | — | #1,237 |
| 1919 | 37 | — | #1,257 |
| 1918 | 33 | — | #1,346 |
| 1917 | 26 | — | #1,487 |
| 1916 | 23 | — | #1,611 |
| 1915 | 35 | — | #1,159 |
| 1914 | 20 | — | #1,466 |
| 1913 | 13 | — | #1,715 |
| 1912 | 18 | — | #1,273 |
| 1911 | 11 | — | #1,500 |
| 1910 | 11 | — | #1,474 |
| 1909 | 11 | — | #1,332 |
| 1908 | 8 | — | #1,616 |
| 1907 | 9 | — | #1,456 |
| 1905 | 11 | — | #1,213 |
| 1904 | 11 | — | #1,138 |
| 1903 | 5 | — | #1,935 |
| 1902 | 7 | — | #1,518 |
| 1901 | 5 | — | #1,809 |
| 1900 | 9 | — | #1,371 |
| 1899 | 9 | — | #1,144 |
| 1894 | 5 | — | #1,592 |
| 1893 | 10 | — | #994 |
| 1890 | 5 | — | #1,421 |
| 1886 | 9 | — | #803 |
| 1885 | 6 | — | #986 |
| 1884 | 6 | — | #974 |