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 1997
Top girls' names in 1997
Top boys' names in 1997
More about 1997
girls
1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 485 of them was named Catherine, which outranked 99.4% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 235,643 of them was named Catherine, which outranked 38.8% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #6,100Zequan9
- #6,100Zeshan9
- #6,100Zyan9
- #6,618Catherine8
- #6,618Abanoub8
- #6,618Abdalla8
- #6,618Abed8
- #7,281Aadil7
- #7,281Aaronjames7
- #7,281Abdalrahman7
Tied with 662 names at #6,618; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.