Cathryn

#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births

Peak · girls
#451
1950 · 320 births
Debut · girls
1882
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
16,332
since 1882

Cathryn over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Cathryn has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201999peak #451, 1950girls
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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#10,9178
2024#6,64217
2023#8,05513
2022#6,98416
2021#4,60729
2020#5,85020
2019#3,78839
2018#5,15225
2017#3,91938
2016#3,77740
2015#2,73664
2014#2,92258
2013#3,07653
2012#3,04055
2011#2,83861
2010#2,90659
2009#3,40948
2008#2,10696
2007#2,17791
2006#2,26784
2005#1,741113
2004#1,781107
2003#1,823102
2002#1,750103
2001#1,506124
2000#1,266154
1999#1,358130
1998#1,551107
1997#1,291135
1996#1,172155
1995#1,187144
1994#1,199147
1993#1,228141
1992#1,156152
1991#1,011183
1990#1,110157
1989#1,088154
1988#949177
1987#1,052146
1986#981161
1985#950163
1984#945155
1983#942157
1982#1,069134
1981#1,017142
1980#1,053135
1979#1,056131
1978#1,006135
1977#1,045126
1976#1,122106
1975#1,022118
1974#1,115104
1973#1,012116
1972#877145
1971#805174
1970#748197
1969#754178
1968#779165
1967#683201
1966#717187
1965#764168
1964#748194
1963#679219
1962#709212
1961#672236
1960#633255
1959#602272
1958#542318
1957#551303
1956#485368
1955#504335
1954#479347
1953#480321
1952#456351
1951#453336
1950#451320
1949#470292
1948#501265
1947#533248
1946#626160
1945#624135
1944#674122
1943#673127
1942#701113
1941#72894
1940#78681
1939#89861
1938#83072
1937#81072
1936#78075
1935#72985
1934#69393
1933#70984
1932#76578
1931#73384
1930#71794
1929#71197
1928#80080
1927#643125
1926#682114
1925#704110
1924#643135
1923#639132
1922#647128
1921#594148
1920#665118
1919#655113
1918#596142
1917#567142
1916#619119
1915#547136
1914#553102
1913#56781
1912#63960
1911#62447
1910#67939
1909#71931
1908#59340
1907#68031
1906#84519
1905#69926
1904#85318
1903#78919
1902#81818
1901#65923
1900#91717
1899#72819
1898#67923
1897#73518
1896#55330
1895#62224
1894#85013
1893#82613
1892#57923
1891#79612
1890#1,0068
1889#60018
1888#79311
1887#8608
1886—
1885#7459
1884#7319
1883#51714
1882#9085
1881—
1880—
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five girls were named Cathryn! It came in at #908, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1886, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Cathryn
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 4,275 spots since 2024 (#6,642 → #10,917)
  • 5,067 spots since 2020 (#5,850 → #10,917)
  • 8,181 spots since 2015 (#2,736 → #10,917)
  • Biggest jump: 391 spots in 1883 (#908 → #517)
  • Biggest drop: 406 spots in 1890 (#600 → #1,006)
Rise & fade · girls
68 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1950 at #451 (320 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 22 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 94 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 94 yrs · run 1891–1972
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,283
  • Highest: 1 in 5,283 girls born in 1952 were named Cathryn (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #451 in 1950, was only 1 in 5,353 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 20.0% of all girls named Cathryn (3,271) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s74#517 (1883)#736
1890s183#553 (1896)#737
1900s242#593 (1908)#757
1910s981#547 (1915)#605
1920s1,187#594 (1921)#673
1930s798#693 (1934)#766
1940s1,637#470 (1949)#632
1950s3,271#451 (1950)#500
1960s2,015#633 (1960)#714
1970s1,352#748 (1970)#981
1980s1,524#942 (1983)#1,005
1990s1,451#1,011 (1991)#1,226
2000s1,022#1,266 (2000)#1,983
2010s492#2,736 (2015)#3,415
2020s103#4,607 (2021)#7,176

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.

Cathryn in 1999

girls
#1,358
130 births · 1 in 13,645 girls

Top girls' names in 1999

  1. #1Emily26,542
  2. #2Hannah21,679
  3. #3Alexis19,237
  4. #4Sarah19,119
  5. #5Samantha19,044
  6. #6Ashley18,136
  7. #7Madison18,054
  8. #8Taylor16,906
  9. #9Jessica16,350
  10. #10Elizabeth15,350
  11. #1,358Cathryn130
More about 1999

girls

1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 13,645 of them was named Cathryn, which outranked 92.0% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cathryn
  1. #1,349Moira131
  2. #1,349Shamya131
  3. #1,349Taelor131
  4. #1,358Cathryn130
  5. #1,358Aislinn130
  6. #1,358Aryana130
  7. #1,358Erykah130
  8. #1,371Brandie129
  9. #1,371Dylan129
  10. #1,371Jaimie129

Tied with 12 names at #1,358; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,407Citlalli#2,338 → #931
  2. ↑ 1,329Noelia#2,048 → #719
  3. ↑ 1,060Amaya#1,458 → #398
  4. ↑ 864Kyara#1,789 → #925
  5. ↑ 604Journey#1,557 → #953
Fallers
  1. ↓ 579Erykah#779 → #1,358
  2. ↓ 417Tea#747 → #1,164
  3. ↓ 415Tasia#800 → #1,215
  4. ↓ 406Monika#930 → #1,336
  5. ↓ 357Chase#952 → #1,309

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

See the top 100 for 1999 →