Cathlene

Last seen for girls in 2004 at #16,099

Peak · girls
1957 · 37 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
829
since 1929

Cathlene over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Cathlene has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #1,784, 1957girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2004#16,0995
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2002#15,4325
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1993#9,5598
1992#11,7386
1991#9,3368
1990#9,2478
1989#6,16013
1988#10,3866
1987#11,3255
1986#9,5456
1985#8,3187
1984
1983#5,82411
1982#5,53412
1981#4,74615
1980#5,91211
1979#6,18910
1978#6,3859
1977#8,4446
1976#9,2845
1975#7,1737
1974#7,6806
1973#5,19110
1972#4,09114
1971#4,53412
1970#4,03814
1969#3,95813
1968#2,36027
1967#2,27228
1966#2,58622
1965#2,93818
1964#2,24629
1963#2,36426
1962#2,81419
1961#1,92136
1960#2,64921
1959#1,91834
1958#2,50621
1957#1,78437
1956#1,83534
1955#1,94030
1954#2,24023
1953#2,36320
1952#1,86129
1951#2,18221
1950#2,12121
1949#2,27419
1948#2,41617
1947#4,0078
1946#2,48215
1945#3,1329
1944#3,3788
1943#3,4938
1942#4,1246
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First appearance
1929

The first year at least five girls were named Cathlene! It came in at #4,053, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1930–1941, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Cathlene
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2004
Rise & fade · girls
28 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1929
  • Peaked 1957 at #1,784 (37 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 55,266
  • Highest: 1 in 55,266 girls born in 1957 were named Cathlene (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 367,250 girls born in 2004 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 32.6% of all girls named Cathlene (270) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s6#4,053 (1929)#4,053
1930s5#4,255 (1937)#4,255
1940s90#2,274 (1949)#3,163
1950s270#1,784 (1957)#2,075
1960s239#1,921 (1961)#2,611
1970s93#4,038 (1970)#6,301
1980s86#4,746 (1981)#7,528
1990s30#9,247 (1990)#9,970
2000s10#15,432 (2002)#15,766

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.

Cathlene in 1955

girls
#1,940
30 births · 1 in 65,176 girls

Top girls' names in 1955

  1. #1Mary63,174
  2. #2Deborah52,318
  3. #3Linda51,300
  4. #4Debra50,563
  5. #5Susan47,418
  6. #6Patricia46,226
  7. #7Barbara33,617
  8. #8Karen33,217
  9. #9Nancy30,023
  10. #10Donna27,940
  11. #1,940Cathlene30
More about 1955

girls

1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 65,176 of them was named Cathlene, which outranked 71.2% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cathlene
  1. #1,907Syble31
  2. #1,907Vilma31
  3. #1,907Vivienne31
  4. #1,940Cathlene30
  5. #1,940Aretha30
  6. #1,940Belle30
  7. #1,940Carolyne30
  8. #1,978Albert29
  9. #1,978Arlean29
  10. #1,978Arletha29

Tied with 37 names at #1,940; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. 793Athena#1,505#712
  2. 675Desiree#984#309
  3. 661Roni#1,197#536
  4. 630Gisele#1,444#814
  5. 593Carmel#1,422#829
Fallers
  1. 514Valinda#806#1,320
  2. 378Elouise#969#1,347
  3. 287Veda#831#1,118
  4. 275Drema#978#1,253
  5. 264Brooke#965#1,229

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

See the top 100 for 1955