Cathleen
#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births · Last seen for boys in 1964 at #4,039
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1956 · 1,115 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 29,923since 1896
Cathleen over time
Rank among girls' names. Cathleen 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 | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,457 | 10 | — | |
| 2024 | #8,443 | 12 | — | |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | — | |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 | — | |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 | — | |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 | — | |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 | — | |
| 2018 | #8,146 | 13 | — | |
| 2017 | #6,531 | 18 | — | |
| 2016 | #7,230 | 16 | — | |
| 2015 | #6,036 | 21 | — | |
| 2014 | #5,025 | 27 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,336 | 33 | — | |
| 2012 | #7,456 | 16 | — | |
| 2011 | #4,807 | 29 | — | |
| 2010 | #6,182 | 21 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,512 | 46 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,645 | 44 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,601 | 45 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,919 | 38 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,509 | 42 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,444 | 43 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,347 | 43 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,854 | 52 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,808 | 52 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,632 | 56 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,073 | 74 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,188 | 65 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,927 | 75 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,881 | 77 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,920 | 72 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,400 | 115 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,460 | 109 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,417 | 115 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,322 | 125 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,265 | 129 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,168 | 140 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,053 | 151 | — | |
| 1987 | #974 | 162 | — | |
| 1986 | #906 | 178 | — | |
| 1985 | #853 | 189 | — | |
| 1984 | #862 | 177 | — | |
| 1983 | #860 | 177 | — | |
| 1982 | #794 | 203 | — | |
| 1981 | #809 | 197 | — | |
| 1980 | #840 | 186 | — | |
| 1979 | #754 | 214 | — | |
| 1978 | #717 | 220 | — | |
| 1977 | #621 | 270 | — | |
| 1976 | #692 | 214 | — | |
| 1975 | #608 | 261 | — | |
| 1974 | #527 | 317 | — | |
| 1973 | #486 | 367 | — | |
| 1972 | #443 | 428 | — | |
| 1971 | #401 | 534 | — | |
| 1970 | #375 | 636 | — | |
| 1969 | #349 | 670 | — | |
| 1968 | #363 | 612 | — | |
| 1967 | #322 | 734 | — | |
| 1966 | #307 | 831 | — | |
| 1965 | #301 | 886 | — | |
| 1964 | #288 | 1,005 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #327 | 822 | — | |
| 1962 | #322 | 848 | — | |
| 1961 | #302 | 931 | — | |
| 1960 | #304 | 950 | — | |
| 1959 | #279 | 1,016 | — | |
| 1958 | #255 | 1,159 | — | |
| 1957 | #264 | 1,071 | — | |
| 1956 | #251 | 1,115 | — | |
| 1955 | #268 | 1,008 | — | |
| 1954 | #287 | 870 | — | |
| 1953 | #292 | 817 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #272 | 877 | — | |
| 1951 | #282 | 772 | — | |
| 1950 | #280 | 759 | — | |
| 1949 | #285 | 733 | — | |
| 1948 | #300 | 653 | — | |
| 1947 | #334 | 568 | — | |
| 1946 | #405 | 356 | — | |
| 1945 | #403 | 311 | — | |
| 1944 | #423 | 287 | — | |
| 1943 | #534 | 199 | — | |
| 1942 | #550 | 182 | — | |
| 1941 | #604 | 136 | — | |
| 1940 | #645 | 116 | — | |
| 1939 | #740 | 85 | — | |
| 1938 | #875 | 64 | — | |
| 1937 | #882 | 61 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,039 | 45 | — | |
| 1935 | #884 | 61 | — | |
| 1934 | #905 | 57 | — | |
| 1933 | #973 | 50 | — | |
| 1932 | #816 | 70 | — | |
| 1931 | #995 | 49 | — | |
| 1930 | #971 | 57 | — | |
| 1929 | #959 | 56 | — | |
| 1928 | #896 | 67 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,057 | 53 | — | |
| 1926 | #866 | 73 | — | |
| 1925 | #870 | 73 | — | |
| 1924 | #880 | 73 | — | |
| 1923 | #828 | 78 | — | |
| 1922 | #949 | 61 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,003 | 56 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,038 | 51 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,075 | 46 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,102 | 44 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,110 | 41 | — | |
| 1916 | #979 | 49 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,190 | 33 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,147 | 28 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,120 | 24 | — | |
| 1912 | #919 | 30 | — | |
| 1911 | #898 | 23 | — | |
| 1910 | #831 | 27 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,015 | 16 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,092 | 13 | — | |
| 1906 | #895 | 17 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,162 | 11 | — | |
| 1904 | #853 | 18 | — | |
| 1903 | #969 | 13 | — | |
| 1902 | #818 | 18 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,181 | 8 | — | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | #1,213 | 8 | — | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Cathleen! It came in at #1,213, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1897–1898, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Cathleen is popular in 1987
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#477 · 1 in 3,631
- Virginia#481 · 1 in 3,860
- Washington#595 · 1 in 4,531
- Ohio#744 · 1 in 8,463
- Texas#859 · 1 in 7,580
Best ever in a state: #64 in Nevada, 1948.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #477 | 12 | 1 in 3,631 |
| Virginia | #481 | 9 | 1 in 3,860 |
| Washington | #595 | 6 | 1 in 4,531 |
| Ohio | #744 | 8 | 1 in 8,463 |
| Texas | #859 | 17 | 1 in 7,580 |
| Pennsylvania | #862 | 7 | 1 in 9,888 |
| California | #879 | 27 | 1 in 7,967 |
| Michigan | #981 | 5 | 1 in 11,594 |
| Illinois | #1,018 | 7 | 1 in 10,368 |
| Florida | #1,100 | 6 | 1 in 11,570 |
| New York | #1,125 | 10 | 1 in 11,186 |
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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 Cathleen
- 1,014 spots since 2024 (#8,443 → #9,457)
- 504 spots since 2020 (#8,953 → #9,457)
- 3,421 spots since 2015 (#6,036 → #9,457)
- Biggest jump: 861 spots in 1902 (#1,679 → #818)
- Biggest drop: 309 spots in 1905 (#853 → #1,162)
- Debuted 1896
- Peaked 1956 at #251 (1,115 births)
- Births halved by 1971, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 72 yrs · run 1937–1987
- Highest: 1 in 1,736 girls born in 1958 were named Cathleen (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 160,727 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #251 in 1956, was only 1 in 1,801 (0.06%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 31.6% of all girls named Cathleen (9,464) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 16 | #1,181 (1899) | #1,197 |
| 1900s | 124 | #818 (1902) | #1,188 |
| 1910s | 345 | #831 (1910) | #1,037 |
| 1920s | 641 | #828 (1923) | #935 |
| 1930s | 599 | #740 (1939) | #908 |
| 1940s | 3,541 | #285 (1949) | #448 |
| 1950s | 9,464 | #251 (1956) | #273 |
| 1960s | 8,289 | #288 (1964) | #319 |
| 1970s | 3,461 | #375 (1970) | #562 |
| 1980s | 1,760 | #794 (1982) | #912 |
| 1990s | 956 | #1,265 (1990) | #1,685 |
| 2000s | 461 | #2,632 (2000) | #3,327 |
| 2010s | 202 | #4,336 (2013) | #6,711 |
| 2020s | 64 | #8,032 (2022) | #9,343 |
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.
Cathleen in 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 10,732 of them was named Cathleen, which outranked 92.7% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #970Davina163
- #970Gabriel163
- #970Lucinda163
- #974Cathleen162
- #974Brigitte162
- #974Jaqueline162
- #974Jeanine162
- #980Francine161
- #980Mari161
- #980Racquel161
Tied with 5 names at #974; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.