Catharine

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #12,161

Peak · girls
#249
1883 · 52 births
Debut · girls
1880
28 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
12,994
since 1880

Catharine over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Catharine has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201926peak #249, 1883girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025—
2024#12,1617
2023#15,1945
2022#13,5926
2021#11,1468
2020#9,54610
2019#9,73610
2018#10,5459
2017#8,29913
2016#8,87512
2015#8,93112
2014#5,62523
2013#7,37216
2012#9,71111
2011#6,56419
2010#5,97722
2009#7,06618
2008#5,14228
2007#4,67531
2006#4,57631
2005#4,48730
2004#3,89836
2003#3,41242
2002#4,07131
2001#3,09145
2000#3,07045
1999#2,78249
1998#2,97343
1997#2,42354
1996#2,59148
1995#2,62347
1994#2,32356
1993#2,76843
1992#2,07865
1991#2,16361
1990#1,73384
1989#1,91068
1988#1,89165
1987#1,81264
1986#1,73667
1985#1,60474
1984#1,60469
1983#1,44780
1982#1,53177
1981#1,56875
1980#1,70466
1979#1,77061
1978#1,50275
1977#1,55969
1976#1,44672
1975#1,21994
1974#1,36975
1973#1,47864
1972#1,28979
1971#1,35079
1970#1,088109
1969#1,048109
1968#1,16686
1967#1,20977
1966#983109
1965#1,08693
1964#955121
1963#907134
1962#998116
1961#963125
1960#1,052104
1959#920129
1958#841147
1957#881134
1956#858135
1955#814141
1954#793140
1953#809129
1952#765135
1951#701155
1950#719142
1949#791119
1948#837109
1947#747131
1946#781111
1945#79090
1944#77198
1943#80791
1942#743103
1941#75689
1940#84971
1939#83869
1938#75684
1937#87762
1936#70789
1935#75181
1934#77475
1933#74279
1932#656104
1931#69093
1930#661108
1929#661111
1928#628125
1927#659118
1926#612134
1925#540175
1924#565166
1923#509188
1922#472213
1921#478208
1920#474205
1919#469200
1918#431236
1917#391263
1916#383267
1915#357281
1914#378199
1913#351187
1912#339183
1911#348131
1910#332139
1909#323123
1908#319123
1907#319118
1906#315114
1905#285135
1904#311108
1903#310101
1902#312103
1901#32088
1900#332104
1899#30295
1898#303105
1897#283100
1896#29498
1895#30889
1894#33171
1893#30680
1892#34857
1891#34453
1890#35053
1889#30463
1888#28866
1887#34838
1886#29050
1885#26456
1884#29542
1883#24952
1882#26543
1881#25140
1880#29428
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Catharine was already there! It came in at #294, and was given to 28 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 2025, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Catharine
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 121 spots in 1938 (#877 → #756)
  • Biggest drop: 226 spots in 1967 (#983 → #1,209)
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1883 at #249 (52 births)
  • Births halved by 2009, 126 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 85 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 85 yrs · run 1880–1959
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,160
  • Highest: 1 in 2,160 girls born in 1883 were named Catharine (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 231,456 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 16.1% of all girls named Catharine (2,086) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s478#249 (1883)#285
1890s801#283 (1897)#317
1900s1,117#285 (1905)#315
1910s2,086#332 (1910)#378
1920s1,643#472 (1922)#560
1930s844#656 (1932)#745
1940s1,012#743 (1942)#787
1950s1,387#701 (1951)#810
1960s1,074#907 (1963)#1,037
1970s777#1,088 (1970)#1,407
1980s705#1,447 (1983)#1,681
1990s550#1,733 (1990)#2,446
2000s337#3,070 (2000)#4,349
2010s147#5,625 (2014)#8,164
2020s36#9,546 (2020)#12,328

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Catharine in 1926

girls
#612
134 births · 1 in 8,846 girls

Top girls' names in 1926

  1. #1Mary67,832
  2. #2Dorothy36,618
  3. #3Betty32,964
  4. #4Helen26,886
  5. #5Margaret23,072
  6. #6Ruth20,225
  7. #7Doris16,295
  8. #8Virginia16,161
  9. #9Mildred13,547
  10. #10Frances13,355
  11. #612Catharine134
More about 1926

girls

1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 8,846 of them was named Catharine, which outranked 89.1% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Catharine
  1. #609Elsa136
  2. #609Jeane136
  3. #611Ouida135
  4. #612Catharine134
  5. #612Angelita134
  6. #612Florene134
  7. #612Maryjane134
  8. #618Billye133
  9. #618Celestine133
  10. #618Donald133

Tied with 5 names at #612; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
  2. ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
  3. ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
  4. ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
  5. ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Fallers
  1. ↓ 597Albertine#944 → #1,541
  2. ↓ 462Cleora#895 → #1,357
  3. ↓ 461Lorrayne#988 → #1,449
  4. ↓ 453Hermina#996 → #1,449
  5. ↓ 307Ethelene#913 → #1,220

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1926 →