Catharina

Peak · girls
1955 · 8 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
332
since 1948

Catharina over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Catharina has never cracked the top 4,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #4,376, 1955girls
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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#8,86011
2024#15,2935
2023#11,1698
2022#13,5926
2021#10,2929
2020#15,0885
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2017#14,1246
2016#16,2155
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2013#16,5475
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2009#17,2945
2008—
2007#15,4916
2006#13,6067
2005#11,8348
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2002#13,5956
2001#10,1029
2000#15,0315
1999#8,80510
1998#11,1387
1997#12,0706
1996#13,5185
1995#9,5538
1994#10,5697
1993#8,05210
1992—
1991#13,1475
1990#12,9585
1989#5,83614
1988#9,2447
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1983#9,0156
1982#9,2376
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1980#9,0956
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1977#9,6525
1976#8,1566
1975#7,1737
1974#5,01111
1973#6,6667
1972#7,2926
1971#6,6197
1970#7,0706
1969#6,6176
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1967#6,0426
1966#6,5645
1965#5,2897
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1963#5,8916
1962#6,5785
1961#4,8828
1960#5,6966
1959#5,0317
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First appearance
1948

The first year at least five girls were named Catharina! It came in at #5,243, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1948–1954, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Catharina is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Catharina in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Catharina
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 6,433 spots since 2024 (#15,293 → #8,860)
  • 6,228 spots since 2020 (#15,088 → #8,860)
Rise & fade · girls
7 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1948
  • Peaked 1955 at #4,376 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1956, 1 yr 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 131,682
  • Highest: 1 in 131,682 girls born in 1989 were named Catharina (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 146,115 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #4,376 in 1955, was only 1 in 244,410 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 19.0% of all girls named Catharina (63) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s5#5,243 (1948)#5,243
1950s15#4,376 (1955)#4,704
1960s49#4,882 (1961)#5,945
1970s55#5,011 (1974)#7,205
1980s39#5,836 (1989)#8,485
1990s63#8,052 (1993)#11,090
2000s46#10,102 (2001)#13,850
2010s16#14,124 (2017)#15,629
2020s44#8,860 (2025)#12,382

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.

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