Catlin

Last seen for girls in 2011 at #13,347 · Last seen for boys in 2006 at #12,055
Given to girls 70.3% of the time

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Peak · girls
#1,996
1991 · 69 births
Debut · girls
1970
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,055
since 1970

Catlin over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #1,996, 1991peak #1,133, 1985girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1995#2,15562#8,8685
1994#2,35355#6,3728
1993#2,38053#5,7719
1992#2,54849#4,32713
1991#1,99669#3,10520
1990#2,20158#1,84042
1989#2,47846#1,83141
1988#2,15253#1,26366
1987#2,02455#1,48448
1986#2,26545#1,38551
1985#2,70435#1,13367
1984#3,14427#1,21457
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First appearance
1970

The first year at least five girls were named Catlin! It came in at #7,995, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1970–1979, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Catlin is popular in 1990

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedINOhio: #1,142 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 14,179 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,836 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 43,740 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Ohio#1,142 · 1 in 14,179
  2. California#2,836 · 1 in 43,740

Best ever in a state: #507 in Massachusetts, 1987.

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See more about Catlin
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2011
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1970
  • Peaked 1991 at #1,996 (69 births)
  • Births halved by 2000, 9 yrs 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 27,174
  • Highest: 1 in 27,174 girls born in 1991 were named Catlin (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 251,295 girls born in 2011 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 50.8% of all girls named Catlin (536) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1989
  • Mostly boys until 1988, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s10#7,995 (1970)#9,103
1980s305#2,024 (1987)#3,906
1990s536#1,996 (1991)#2,470
2000s190#3,703 (2001)#7,972
2010s14#13,347 (2011)#13,398

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.

Catlin in 1990

girls
#2,201
58 births · 1 in 32,734 girls
boys
#1,840
42 births · 1 in 48,906 boys

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #2,201Catlin58

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #1,840Catlin42
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 32,734 of them was named Catlin, which outranked 85.6% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Catlin
  1. #2,174Sindy59
  2. #2,174Treasure59
  3. #2,174Wilma59
  4. #2,201Catlin58
  5. #2,201Ahsley58
  6. #2,201Angelena58
  7. #2,201Carisa58
  8. #2,234Anali57
  9. #2,234Andra57
  10. #2,234Andriana57

Tied with 32 names at #2,201; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,592Alannah#6,531 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,178Symone#1,998 → #820
  3. ↑ 869Shelbi#1,750 → #881
  4. ↑ 831Latifah#1,532 → #701
  5. ↑ 828Skyler#1,564 → #736
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,554Elizabet#524 → #3,078
  2. ↓ 1,572Katherin#717 → #2,289
  3. ↓ 652Stephani#390 → #1,042
  4. ↓ 504Ashanti#893 → #1,397
  5. ↓ 416Audrianna#759 → #1,175

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

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 48,906 of them was named Catlin, which outranked 80.6% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Catlin
  1. #1,809Tj43
  2. #1,809Tuan43
  3. #1,809Vishal43
  4. #1,840Catlin42
  5. #1,840Adnan42
  6. #1,840Allante42
  7. #1,840Cassius42
  8. #1,870Ambrose41
  9. #1,870Anselmo41
  10. #1,870Arin41

Tied with 29 names at #1,840; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,636Tevin#4,017 → #381
  2. ↑ 3,283Keenen#4,271 → #988
  3. ↑ 1,325Male#2,027 → #702
  4. ↑ 1,032Denzel#1,476 → #444
  5. ↑ 598Kevon#1,476 → #878
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,130Kiara#956 → #2,086
  2. ↓ 916Rachel#993 → #1,909
  3. ↓ 855Nicole#985 → #1,840
  4. ↓ 746Tiffany#956 → #1,702
  5. ↓ 681Sarah#819 → #1,500

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

See the top 100 for 1990 →