Catharine
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #12,161
- Peak · girls
- 1883 · 52 births
- Debut · girls
- 28 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 12,994since 1880
Catharine over time
Rank among girls' names. Catharine has never cracked the top 200 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 | #12,161 | 7 |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 |
| 2017 | #8,299 | 13 |
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 |
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 |
| 2014 | #5,625 | 23 |
| 2013 | #7,372 | 16 |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 |
| 2011 | #6,564 | 19 |
| 2010 | #5,977 | 22 |
| 2009 | #7,066 | 18 |
| 2008 | #5,142 | 28 |
| 2007 | #4,675 | 31 |
| 2006 | #4,576 | 31 |
| 2005 | #4,487 | 30 |
| 2004 | #3,898 | 36 |
| 2003 | #3,412 | 42 |
| 2002 | #4,071 | 31 |
| 2001 | #3,091 | 45 |
| 2000 | #3,070 | 45 |
| 1999 | #2,782 | 49 |
| 1998 | #2,973 | 43 |
| 1997 | #2,423 | 54 |
| 1996 | #2,591 | 48 |
| 1995 | #2,623 | 47 |
| 1994 | #2,323 | 56 |
| 1993 | #2,768 | 43 |
| 1992 | #2,078 | 65 |
| 1991 | #2,163 | 61 |
| 1990 | #1,733 | 84 |
| 1989 | #1,910 | 68 |
| 1988 | #1,891 | 65 |
| 1987 | #1,812 | 64 |
| 1986 | #1,736 | 67 |
| 1985 | #1,604 | 74 |
| 1984 | #1,604 | 69 |
| 1983 | #1,447 | 80 |
| 1982 | #1,531 | 77 |
| 1981 | #1,568 | 75 |
| 1980 | #1,704 | 66 |
| 1979 | #1,770 | 61 |
| 1978 | #1,502 | 75 |
| 1977 | #1,559 | 69 |
| 1976 | #1,446 | 72 |
| 1975 | #1,219 | 94 |
| 1974 | #1,369 | 75 |
| 1973 | #1,478 | 64 |
| 1972 | #1,289 | 79 |
| 1971 | #1,350 | 79 |
| 1970 | #1,088 | 109 |
| 1969 | #1,048 | 109 |
| 1968 | #1,166 | 86 |
| 1967 | #1,209 | 77 |
| 1966 | #983 | 109 |
| 1965 | #1,086 | 93 |
| 1964 | #955 | 121 |
| 1963 | #907 | 134 |
| 1962 | #998 | 116 |
| 1961 | #963 | 125 |
| 1960 | #1,052 | 104 |
| 1959 | #920 | 129 |
| 1958 | #841 | 147 |
| 1957 | #881 | 134 |
| 1956 | #858 | 135 |
| 1955 | #814 | 141 |
| 1954 | #793 | 140 |
| 1953 | #809 | 129 |
| 1952 | #765 | 135 |
| 1951 | #701 | 155 |
| 1950 | #719 | 142 |
| 1949 | #791 | 119 |
| 1948 | #837 | 109 |
| 1947 | #747 | 131 |
| 1946 | #781 | 111 |
| 1945 | #790 | 90 |
| 1944 | #771 | 98 |
| 1943 | #807 | 91 |
| 1942 | #743 | 103 |
| 1941 | #756 | 89 |
| 1940 | #849 | 71 |
| 1939 | #838 | 69 |
| 1938 | #756 | 84 |
| 1937 | #877 | 62 |
| 1936 | #707 | 89 |
| 1935 | #751 | 81 |
| 1934 | #774 | 75 |
| 1933 | #742 | 79 |
| 1932 | #656 | 104 |
| 1931 | #690 | 93 |
| 1930 | #661 | 108 |
| 1929 | #661 | 111 |
| 1928 | #628 | 125 |
| 1927 | #659 | 118 |
| 1926 | #612 | 134 |
| 1925 | #540 | 175 |
| 1924 | #565 | 166 |
| 1923 | #509 | 188 |
| 1922 | #472 | 213 |
| 1921 | #478 | 208 |
| 1920 | #474 | 205 |
| 1919 | #469 | 200 |
| 1918 | #431 | 236 |
| 1917 | #391 | 263 |
| 1916 | #383 | 267 |
| 1915 | #357 | 281 |
| 1914 | #378 | 199 |
| 1913 | #351 | 187 |
| 1912 | #339 | 183 |
| 1911 | #348 | 131 |
| 1910 | #332 | 139 |
| 1909 | #323 | 123 |
| 1908 | #319 | 123 |
| 1907 | #319 | 118 |
| 1906 | #315 | 114 |
| 1905 | #285 | 135 |
| 1904 | #311 | 108 |
| 1903 | #310 | 101 |
| 1902 | #312 | 103 |
| 1901 | #320 | 88 |
| 1900 | #332 | 104 |
| 1899 | #302 | 95 |
| 1898 | #303 | 105 |
| 1897 | #283 | 100 |
| 1896 | #294 | 98 |
| 1895 | #308 | 89 |
| 1894 | #331 | 71 |
| 1893 | #306 | 80 |
| 1892 | #348 | 57 |
| 1891 | #344 | 53 |
| 1890 | #350 | 53 |
| 1889 | #304 | 63 |
| 1888 | #288 | 66 |
| 1887 | #348 | 38 |
| 1886 | #290 | 50 |
| 1885 | #264 | 56 |
| 1884 | #295 | 42 |
| 1883 | #249 | 52 |
| 1882 | #265 | 43 |
| 1881 | #251 | 40 |
| 1880 | #294 | 28 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Catharine was already there! It came in at #294, and was given to 28 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2025, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Catharine is popular in 1919
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Pennsylvania#175 · 1 in 1,294
- Maryland#214 · 1 in 1,744
- New Jersey#249 · 1 in 3,062
- New York#371 · 1 in 5,616
- Indiana#391 · 1 in 4,851
Best ever in a state: #102 in Pennsylvania, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | #175 | 72 | 1 in 1,294 |
| Maryland | #214 | 8 | 1 in 1,744 |
| New Jersey | #249 | 10 | 1 in 3,062 |
| New York | #371 | 17 | 1 in 5,616 |
| Indiana | #391 | 5 | 1 in 4,851 |
| Ohio | #402 | 9 | 1 in 5,588 |
| North Carolina | #472 | 6 | 1 in 6,004 |
| Illinois | #490 | 8 | 1 in 7,119 |
| Texas | #731 | 7 | 1 in 7,409 |
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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 Catharine
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 121 spots in 1938 (#877 → #756)
- Biggest drop: 226 spots in 1967 (#983 → #1,209)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1883 at #249 (52 births)
- Births halved by 2009, 126 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 85 yrs · run 1880–1959
- Highest: 1 in 2,160 girls born in 1883 were named Catharine (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 231,456 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 16.1% of all girls named Catharine (2,086) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 478 | #249 (1883) | #285 |
| 1890s | 801 | #283 (1897) | #317 |
| 1900s | 1,117 | #285 (1905) | #315 |
| 1910s | 2,086 | #332 (1910) | #378 |
| 1920s | 1,643 | #472 (1922) | #560 |
| 1930s | 844 | #656 (1932) | #745 |
| 1940s | 1,012 | #743 (1942) | #787 |
| 1950s | 1,387 | #701 (1951) | #810 |
| 1960s | 1,074 | #907 (1963) | #1,037 |
| 1970s | 777 | #1,088 (1970) | #1,407 |
| 1980s | 705 | #1,447 (1983) | #1,681 |
| 1990s | 550 | #1,733 (1990) | #2,446 |
| 2000s | 337 | #3,070 (2000) | #4,349 |
| 2010s | 147 | #5,625 (2014) | #8,164 |
| 2020s | 36 | #9,546 (2020) | #12,328 |
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.
Catharine in 1919
Top girls' names in 1919
More about 1919
girls
1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 5,651 of them was named Catharine, which outranked 91.6% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).