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In 2018, 59 is the most common age for an American (U.S.) Kathleen who is registered female with the Social Security Administration. It is the 73rd most common female first name for living U.S. citizens.
Kathleen is the Anglicized form of Caitlín... same as every Katelyn, Caitlin, etc. You've ever met. Kathleen is pronounced closer to the Irish name Caitlín, unlike all those Katelyn variants.
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Kathleen is the Anglicized form of Caitlín... same as every Katelyn, Caitlin, etc. You've ever met. Kathleen is pronounced closer to the Irish name Caitlín, unlike all those Katelyn variants.
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The name Kathleen was given to 338 girls born in the US in 2016.
More than 99.9 percent of people with the first name Kathleen are female.
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More than 99.9 percent of people with the first name Kathleen are female.
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Kathleen was used a lot in the 1940's and 1950's.
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• https://nvb.meertens.knaw.nl/naam/is/Kathleen (in Dutch; shows the prevalence of the name in the Netherlands in 2017)
• http://www.names.be/voornamen.html?met=Kathleen&sort=beldesc (in Dutch; shows the prevalence of the name in Belgium in 2009)
It's by far the most popular feminine name that starts with Kath- in Belgium, whereas in the Netherlands, it takes the second place:
• Kath- in Belgium: http://www.names.be/meisjesnamen.html?met=Kath&sort=beldesc (in Dutch)
• Kath- in the Netherlands: https://nvb.meertens.knaw.nl/naam/begintmet/Kath (in Dutch)
In Flanders, Kathleen is pronounced quite literally, i.e. as a Dutch speaker with absolutely no knowledge of English would:
/kɑt.'le:n/
In other words: the pronunciation is completely "dutchized". You can hear this for yourself here:
• https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/Kathleen (in Dutch)
• https://youtu.be/YCm7hHn7_3g (in Dutch; the name is said at 0:00)
• https://youtu.be/DX4bon0MhXA (in Dutch; the name is said at 0:06)
• https://youtu.be/aPJft0407Zc (in Dutch; the name is said at 0:31)
The most famous Flemish bearer of the name is the singer Kathleen Aerts (b. 1978), who was an original member of the wildly popular girl group K3. She was with the group from 1998 to 2009, after which she left in order to start a new chapter in her life: she married in June 2010 and then gave birth to her first child in January 2011.