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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #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 1991

  • 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: #1,433 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 15,507 girlsILWisconsin: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: 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: #2,576 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 37,361 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: #2,076 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 27,281 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Catlin, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Illinois#1,433 · 1 in 15,507
  2. Texas#2,076 · 1 in 27,281
  3. California#2,576 · 1 in 37,361

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

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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 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 1991

girls
#1,996
69 births · 1 in 27,174 girls
boys
#3,105
20 births · 1 in 101,016 boys

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #1,996Catlin69

Top boys' names in 1991

  1. #1Michael60,810
  2. #2Christopher47,111
  3. #3Matthew41,647
  4. #4Joshua41,226
  5. #5Andrew31,539
  6. #6Daniel30,935
  7. #7James30,514
  8. #8David30,416
  9. #9Joseph29,840
  10. #10John27,809
  11. #3,105Catlin20
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 27,174 of them was named Catlin, which outranked 87.1% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Catlin
  1. #1,979Sloane70
  2. #1,979Susanne70
  3. #1,979Taniqua70
  4. #1,996Catlin69
  5. #1,996Alisia69
  6. #1,996Arial69
  7. #1,996Celene69
  8. #2,014Amani68
  9. #2,014Anneliese68
  10. #2,014Ariell68

Tied with 17 names at #1,996; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,600Rebeccah#2,600 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,221Ieshia#1,938 → #717
  3. ↑ 1,135Miriah#2,081 → #946
  4. ↑ 861Alexus#1,813 → #952
  5. ↑ 676Chynna#1,512 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Infant#432 → #1,000
  2. ↓ 510Lakeshia#897 → #1,407
  3. ↓ 466Latifah#701 → #1,167
  4. ↓ 432Martika#757 → #1,189
  5. ↓ 416Cecily#575 → #991

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

boys

2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 101,016 of them was named Catlin, which outranked 67.8% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Catlin
  1. #2,989Tri21
  2. #2,989Zackory21
  3. #2,989Zaire21
  4. #3,105Catlin20
  5. #3,105Alix20
  6. #3,105Allyn20
  7. #3,105Ameen20
  8. #3,224Abrahan19
  9. #3,224Albino19
  10. #3,224Aryan19

Tied with 118 names at #3,105; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,462Devante#5,382 → #920
  2. ↑ 1,656Unnamed#2,628 → #972
  3. ↑ 1,496Jaleel#2,373 → #877
  4. ↑ 811Gunnar#1,516 → #705
  5. ↑ 672Dijon#1,587 → #915
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,000Arsenio#744 → #1,744
  2. ↓ 773Brittany#995 → #1,768
  3. ↓ 281Infant#389 → #670
  4. ↓ 281Jarret#881 → #1,162
  5. ↓ 273Elton#963 → #1,236

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

See the top 100 for 1991 →