Catherine
#313 for girls in 2025, 972 births · Last seen for boys in 2007 at #12,367
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1917 · 8,689 births
- Debut · girls
- 688 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 121 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 667,789since 1880
Catherine over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #313 | 972 | — | |
| 2024 | #322 | 956 | — | |
| 2023 | #331 | 933 | — | |
| 2022 | #328 | 981 | — | |
| 2021 | #323 | 1,005 | — | |
| 2020 | #267 | 1,155 | — | |
| 2019 | #241 | 1,312 | — | |
| 2018 | #205 | 1,507 | — | |
| 2017 | #198 | 1,584 | — | |
| 2016 | #195 | 1,669 | — | |
| 2015 | #177 | 1,807 | — | |
| 2014 | #170 | 1,945 | — | |
| 2013 | #170 | 1,868 | — | |
| 2012 | #165 | 1,913 | — | |
| 2011 | #161 | 1,937 | — | |
| 2010 | #193 | 1,612 | — | |
| 2009 | #176 | 1,892 | — | |
| 2008 | #148 | 2,323 | — | |
| 2007 | #142 | 2,472 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #121 | 2,793 | — | |
| 2005 | #109 | 2,985 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #103 | 3,181 | #6,520 | 11 |
| 2003 | #106 | 3,231 | — | |
| 2002 | #101 | 3,292 | #6,522 | 10 |
| 2001 | #81 | 3,731 | — | |
| 2000 | #81 | 3,802 | — | |
| 1999 | #98 | 3,401 | #6,530 | 9 |
| 1998 | #101 | 3,350 | — | |
| 1997 | #96 | 3,591 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #95 | 3,739 | #5,187 | 11 |
| 1995 | #90 | 3,860 | #5,124 | 11 |
| 1994 | #84 | 4,102 | — | |
| 1993 | #75 | 4,475 | — | |
| 1992 | #78 | 4,536 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #72 | 4,815 | #5,942 | 8 |
| 1990 | #71 | 4,894 | #2,780 | 23 |
| 1989 | #67 | 4,559 | #1,733 | 44 |
| 1988 | #69 | 4,504 | #3,203 | 16 |
| 1987 | #74 | 4,108 | #2,333 | 24 |
| 1986 | #67 | 4,242 | #2,290 | 24 |
| 1985 | #65 | 4,297 | #3,599 | 12 |
| 1984 | #69 | 4,240 | #2,529 | 19 |
| 1983 | #66 | 4,252 | #2,676 | 17 |
| 1982 | #73 | 4,098 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #73 | 4,057 | #3,030 | 14 |
| 1980 | #77 | 4,080 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1979 | #78 | 3,878 | #3,018 | 14 |
| 1978 | #72 | 3,958 | #2,473 | 18 |
| 1977 | #75 | 3,840 | #2,202 | 21 |
| 1976 | #72 | 3,780 | #2,826 | 14 |
| 1975 | #73 | 3,936 | #3,246 | 11 |
| 1974 | #73 | 4,184 | #2,199 | 19 |
| 1973 | #67 | 4,261 | #2,513 | 15 |
| 1972 | #65 | 4,686 | #2,991 | 11 |
| 1971 | #65 | 5,337 | #2,366 | 16 |
| 1970 | #59 | 6,004 | #1,989 | 20 |
| 1969 | #58 | 6,094 | #1,977 | 18 |
| 1968 | #56 | 6,129 | #2,030 | 16 |
| 1967 | #55 | 6,345 | #1,711 | 21 |
| 1966 | #54 | 6,962 | #1,613 | 23 |
| 1965 | #57 | 7,243 | #1,483 | 27 |
| 1964 | #54 | 8,237 | #1,655 | 23 |
| 1963 | #53 | 8,294 | #1,485 | 28 |
| 1962 | #53 | 8,697 | #1,805 | 20 |
| 1961 | #48 | 9,251 | #1,876 | 19 |
| 1960 | #42 | 9,536 | #1,658 | 24 |
| 1959 | #40 | 10,025 | #1,806 | 20 |
| 1958 | #38 | 10,769 | #1,644 | 23 |
| 1957 | #37 | 11,151 | #1,511 | 27 |
| 1956 | #28 | 12,056 | #1,821 | 19 |
| 1955 | #28 | 11,636 | #1,572 | 24 |
| 1954 | #32 | 11,079 | #1,887 | 17 |
| 1953 | #35 | 10,849 | #1,900 | 17 |
| 1952 | #34 | 11,053 | #1,347 | 31 |
| 1951 | #34 | 10,566 | #1,519 | 24 |
| 1950 | #34 | 9,655 | #1,746 | 18 |
| 1949 | #37 | 9,137 | #2,022 | 14 |
| 1948 | #41 | 8,244 | #1,519 | 23 |
| 1947 | #46 | 7,889 | #2,169 | 13 |
| 1946 | #48 | 6,367 | #1,949 | 14 |
| 1945 | #50 | 5,031 | #1,581 | 18 |
| 1944 | #49 | 5,256 | #1,738 | 16 |
| 1943 | #48 | 5,427 | #1,431 | 24 |
| 1942 | #49 | 5,267 | #1,358 | 26 |
| 1941 | #51 | 4,884 | #1,633 | 18 |
| 1940 | #53 | 4,584 | #1,680 | 17 |
| 1939 | #49 | 4,577 | #1,636 | 17 |
| 1938 | #48 | 4,525 | #1,521 | 20 |
| 1937 | #47 | 4,459 | #1,403 | 23 |
| 1936 | #44 | 4,537 | #1,296 | 26 |
| 1935 | #42 | 4,698 | #1,656 | 18 |
| 1934 | #42 | 4,933 | #1,551 | 20 |
| 1933 | #44 | 4,908 | #1,586 | 19 |
| 1932 | #39 | 5,449 | #1,254 | 29 |
| 1931 | #36 | 5,642 | #1,102 | 38 |
| 1930 | #35 | 6,299 | #1,259 | 32 |
| 1929 | #34 | 6,277 | #1,523 | 23 |
| 1928 | #33 | 6,910 | #1,095 | 41 |
| 1927 | #31 | 7,256 | #1,227 | 35 |
| 1926 | #31 | 7,469 | #1,353 | 29 |
| 1925 | #29 | 7,867 | #1,806 | 19 |
| 1924 | #27 | 8,363 | #1,414 | 28 |
| 1923 | #24 | 8,437 | #1,644 | 22 |
| 1922 | #24 | 8,537 | #1,644 | 22 |
| 1921 | #23 | 8,887 | #1,980 | 17 |
| 1920 | #21 | 8,878 | #1,820 | 19 |
| 1919 | #23 | 8,335 | #1,882 | 17 |
| 1918 | #20 | 8,842 | #2,398 | 12 |
| 1917 | #18 | 8,689 | #1,900 | 16 |
| 1916 | #20 | 8,469 | #1,459 | 23 |
| 1915 | #19 | 8,181 | #1,878 | 15 |
| 1914 | #18 | 6,613 | #1,342 | 20 |
| 1913 | #22 | 5,302 | #1,580 | 12 |
| 1912 | #21 | 4,666 | #1,527 | 11 |
| 1911 | #20 | 3,565 | #1,038 | 11 |
| 1910 | #22 | 3,161 | #1,045 | 10 |
| 1909 | #23 | 2,897 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | #22 | 2,750 | #877 | 10 |
| 1907 | #25 | 2,457 | #1,094 | 7 |
| 1906 | #26 | 2,230 | #1,004 | 7 |
| 1905 | #28 | 2,198 | — | |
| 1904 | #31 | 1,982 | #810 | 9 |
| 1903 | #32 | 1,916 | — | |
| 1902 | #31 | 1,896 | — | |
| 1901 | #38 | 1,599 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | #34 | 2,081 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | #36 | 1,628 | #1,051 | 5 |
| 1898 | #41 | 1,705 | #1,121 | 5 |
| 1897 | #42 | 1,511 | — | |
| 1896 | #40 | 1,594 | — | |
| 1895 | #38 | 1,514 | — | |
| 1894 | #41 | 1,430 | — | |
| 1893 | #42 | 1,336 | #1,035 | 5 |
| 1892 | #42 | 1,333 | — | |
| 1891 | #41 | 1,219 | #841 | 6 |
| 1890 | #44 | 1,232 | — | |
| 1889 | #42 | 1,198 | — | |
| 1888 | #42 | 1,212 | #917 | 6 |
| 1887 | #44 | 967 | #921 | 5 |
| 1886 | #45 | 916 | — | |
| 1885 | #45 | 846 | — | |
| 1884 | #43 | 874 | #764 | 7 |
| 1883 | #36 | 853 | — | |
| 1882 | #42 | 726 | — | |
| 1881 | #40 | 635 | — | |
| 1880 | #31 | 688 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Catherine was already there! It came in at #31, and was given to 688 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1886, when fewer than 920 girls a year got the name.
See more about Catherine
- 9 spots since 2024 (#322 → #313)
- 46 spots since 2020 (#267 → #313)
- 136 spots since 2015 (#177 → #313)
- Biggest jump: 32 spots in 2011 (#193 → #161)
- Biggest drop: 56 spots in 2021 (#267 → #323)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1917 at #18 (8,689 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 56 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 121 yrs · run 1880–1997
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 115 girls born in 1914 were named Catherine (0.87%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,654 girls born in 2025 (0.06%)
- Its best rank, #18 in 1917, was only 1 in 124 (0.80%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 16.3% of all girls named Catherine (108,839) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 8,915 | #31 (1880) | #41 |
| 1890s | 14,502 | #36 (1899) | #41 |
| 1900s | 22,006 | #22 (1908) | #29 |
| 1910s | 65,823 | #18 (1917) | #20 |
| 1920s | 78,881 | #21 (1920) | #28 |
| 1930s | 50,027 | #35 (1930) | #43 |
| 1940s | 62,086 | #37 (1949) | #47 |
| 1950s | 108,839 | #28 (1956) | #34 |
| 1960s | 76,788 | #42 (1960) | #53 |
| 1970s | 43,864 | #59 (1970) | #70 |
| 1980s | 42,437 | #65 (1985) | #70 |
| 1990s | 40,763 | #71 (1990) | #86 |
| 2000s | 29,702 | #81 (2000) | #117 |
| 2010s | 17,154 | #161 (2011) | #188 |
| 2020s | 6,002 | #267 (2020) | #314 |
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.
Catherine in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 325 of them was named Catherine, which outranked 99.3% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 147,419 of them was named Catherine, which outranked 48.0% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,819Ysidro12
- #2,819Zechariah12
- #2,819Zenon12
- #2,991Catherine11
- #2,991Able11
- #2,991Aldon11
- #2,991Alistair11
- #3,152Aden10
- #3,152Adrion10
- #3,152Aidan10
Tied with 160 names at #2,991; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.