Cathrine
Last seen for girls in 2019 at #15,539
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 18 births
- Debut · girls
- 13 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,716since 1880
Cathrine over time
Rank among girls' names. Cathrine has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 |
| 2011 | #9,150 | 12 |
| 2010 | #7,513 | 16 |
| 2009 | #6,317 | 21 |
| 2008 | #7,073 | 18 |
| 2007 | #7,394 | 17 |
| 2006 | #5,233 | 26 |
| 2005 | #4,704 | 28 |
| 2004 | #3,127 | 49 |
| 2003 | #3,805 | 36 |
| 2002 | #3,461 | 39 |
| 2001 | #4,209 | 29 |
| 2000 | #3,886 | 32 |
| 1999 | #3,569 | 34 |
| 1998 | #3,222 | 38 |
| 1997 | #3,365 | 34 |
| 1996 | #3,505 | 32 |
| 1995 | #2,880 | 41 |
| 1994 | #2,167 | 62 |
| 1993 | #2,882 | 41 |
| 1992 | #2,318 | 56 |
| 1991 | #2,703 | 44 |
| 1990 | #2,464 | 49 |
| 1989 | #2,658 | 42 |
| 1988 | #2,187 | 52 |
| 1987 | #2,156 | 50 |
| 1986 | #2,564 | 38 |
| 1985 | #1,882 | 59 |
| 1984 | #1,945 | 53 |
| 1983 | #2,097 | 47 |
| 1982 | #1,900 | 56 |
| 1981 | #2,085 | 49 |
| 1980 | #1,785 | 61 |
| 1979 | #2,050 | 49 |
| 1978 | #2,012 | 47 |
| 1977 | #1,774 | 57 |
| 1976 | #1,714 | 56 |
| 1975 | #1,586 | 62 |
| 1974 | #1,616 | 58 |
| 1973 | #1,418 | 69 |
| 1972 | #1,254 | 82 |
| 1971 | #1,427 | 73 |
| 1970 | #1,293 | 83 |
| 1969 | #1,048 | 109 |
| 1968 | #1,244 | 77 |
| 1967 | #1,002 | 104 |
| 1966 | #988 | 107 |
| 1965 | #957 | 114 |
| 1964 | #969 | 119 |
| 1963 | #997 | 114 |
| 1962 | #925 | 131 |
| 1961 | #869 | 150 |
| 1960 | #934 | 130 |
| 1959 | #794 | 165 |
| 1958 | #755 | 173 |
| 1957 | #860 | 140 |
| 1956 | #724 | 178 |
| 1955 | #768 | 155 |
| 1954 | #821 | 131 |
| 1953 | #816 | 128 |
| 1952 | #870 | 112 |
| 1951 | #835 | 114 |
| 1950 | #803 | 117 |
| 1949 | #889 | 98 |
| 1948 | #1,041 | 72 |
| 1947 | #1,003 | 78 |
| 1946 | #979 | 73 |
| 1945 | #1,060 | 54 |
| 1944 | #1,053 | 55 |
| 1943 | #1,124 | 51 |
| 1942 | #1,367 | 35 |
| 1941 | #1,222 | 38 |
| 1940 | #1,097 | 43 |
| 1939 | #1,194 | 37 |
| 1938 | #1,140 | 40 |
| 1937 | #1,070 | 44 |
| 1936 | #1,003 | 47 |
| 1935 | #904 | 58 |
| 1934 | #1,005 | 47 |
| 1933 | #887 | 58 |
| 1932 | #965 | 54 |
| 1931 | #871 | 62 |
| 1930 | #847 | 71 |
| 1929 | #828 | 73 |
| 1928 | #765 | 87 |
| 1927 | #904 | 68 |
| 1926 | #790 | 84 |
| 1925 | #828 | 81 |
| 1924 | #792 | 88 |
| 1923 | #791 | 85 |
| 1922 | #835 | 77 |
| 1921 | #714 | 105 |
| 1920 | #757 | 92 |
| 1919 | #758 | 86 |
| 1918 | #777 | 85 |
| 1917 | #721 | 93 |
| 1916 | #802 | 72 |
| 1915 | #767 | 74 |
| 1914 | #769 | 56 |
| 1913 | #795 | 44 |
| 1912 | #735 | 46 |
| 1911 | #704 | 38 |
| 1910 | #630 | 45 |
| 1909 | #813 | 25 |
| 1908 | #882 | 20 |
| 1907 | #637 | 34 |
| 1906 | #689 | 28 |
| 1905 | #600 | 34 |
| 1904 | #880 | 17 |
| 1903 | #712 | 22 |
| 1902 | #773 | 20 |
| 1901 | #918 | 13 |
| 1900 | #688 | 27 |
| 1899 | #814 | 16 |
| 1898 | #650 | 25 |
| 1897 | #895 | 13 |
| 1896 | #754 | 18 |
| 1895 | #622 | 24 |
| 1894 | #628 | 22 |
| 1893 | #561 | 25 |
| 1892 | #638 | 20 |
| 1891 | #559 | 22 |
| 1890 | #558 | 22 |
| 1889 | #687 | 14 |
| 1888 | #572 | 19 |
| 1887 | #608 | 14 |
| 1886 | #540 | 17 |
| 1885 | #500 | 18 |
| 1884 | #501 | 17 |
| 1883 | #435 | 19 |
| 1882 | #507 | 13 |
| 1881 | #393 | 18 |
| 1880 | #466 | 13 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Cathrine was already there! It came in at #466, and was given to 13 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2016, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Cathrine is popular in 1970
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Florida#874 · 1 in 9,521
- California#914 · 1 in 10,252
- Michigan#956 · 1 in 14,816
- Illinois#1,037 · 1 in 14,623
- New York#1,602 · 1 in 28,281
Best ever in a state: #224 in South Carolina, 1923.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | #874 | 5 | 1 in 9,521 |
| California | #914 | 16 | 1 in 10,252 |
| Michigan | #956 | 5 | 1 in 14,816 |
| Illinois | #1,037 | 6 | 1 in 14,623 |
| New York | #1,602 | 5 | 1 in 28,281 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Cathrine
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
- Biggest jump: 280 spots in 1905 (#880 → #600)
- Biggest drop: 245 spots in 1908 (#637 → #882)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #393 (18 births)
- Births halved by 2012, 131 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 74 yrs · run 1880–1933
- Highest: 1 in 5,109 girls born in 1881 were named Cathrine (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 335,673 girls born in 2019 (0.00%)
- 18.3% of all girls named Cathrine (1,413) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 162 | #393 (1881) | #521 |
| 1890s | 207 | #558 (1890) | #668 |
| 1900s | 240 | #600 (1905) | #759 |
| 1910s | 639 | #630 (1910) | #746 |
| 1920s | 840 | #714 (1921) | #800 |
| 1930s | 518 | #847 (1930) | #989 |
| 1940s | 597 | #889 (1949) | #1,084 |
| 1950s | 1,413 | #724 (1956) | #805 |
| 1960s | 1,155 | #869 (1961) | #993 |
| 1970s | 636 | #1,254 (1972) | #1,614 |
| 1980s | 507 | #1,785 (1980) | #2,126 |
| 1990s | 431 | #2,167 (1994) | #2,908 |
| 2000s | 295 | #3,127 (2004) | #4,921 |
| 2010s | 76 | #7,513 (2010) | #11,110 |
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.
Cathrine in 1970
Top girls' names in 1970
More about 1970
girls
1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 21,062 of them was named Cathrine, which outranked 86.2% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,285Marcela84
- #1,285Nilda84
- #1,285Tomeka84
- #1,293Cathrine83
- #1,293Carmel83
- #1,293Darby83
- #1,293Erma83
- #1,306Celina82
- #1,306Charise82
- #1,306Chiquita82
Tied with 12 names at #1,293; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.