Catherine
Rank in 2025
#313
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
972
girls 972
Peak year
1914
6,613 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
669,611
since 1880
Born a Catherine? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Catherine was most popular in 1914, when 6,613 babies recorded as girls got the name (8.7 per 1,000). In 2025, 972 babies were named Catherine, ranking #313 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 25%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 972 | 313 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 956 | 322 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 933 | 331 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 981 | 328 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 1,005 | 323 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 1,155 | 267 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 1,312 | 241 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 1,507 | 205 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 1,584 | 198 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 1,669 | 195 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 1,807 | 177 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 1,945 | 170 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 1,868 | 170 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 1,913 | 165 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 1,937 | 161 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 1,612 | 193 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 1,892 | 176 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 2,323 | 148 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 2,472 | 142 | 5 | 12367 |
| 2006 | 2,793 | 121 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 2,985 | 109 | 8 | 8299 |
| 2004 | 3,181 | 103 | 11 | 6520 |
| 2003 | 3,231 | 106 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 3,292 | 101 | 10 | 6522 |
| 2001 | 3,731 | 81 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 3,802 | 81 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 3,401 | 98 | 9 | 6530 |
| 1998 | 3,350 | 101 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 3,591 | 96 | 8 | 6618 |
| 1996 | 3,739 | 95 | 11 | 5187 |
| 1995 | 3,860 | 90 | 11 | 5124 |
| 1994 | 4,102 | 84 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 4,475 | 75 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 4,536 | 78 | 10 | 5236 |
| 1991 | 4,815 | 72 | 8 | 5942 |
| 1990 | 4,894 | 71 | 23 | 2780 |
| 1989 | 4,559 | 67 | 44 | 1733 |
| 1988 | 4,504 | 69 | 16 | 3203 |
| 1987 | 4,108 | 74 | 24 | 2333 |
| 1986 | 4,242 | 67 | 24 | 2290 |
| 1985 | 4,297 | 65 | 12 | 3599 |
| 1984 | 4,240 | 69 | 19 | 2529 |
| 1983 | 4,252 | 66 | 17 | 2676 |
| 1982 | 4,098 | 73 | 8 | 4593 |
| 1981 | 4,057 | 73 | 14 | 3030 |
| 1980 | 4,080 | 77 | 16 | 2831 |
| 1979 | 3,878 | 78 | 14 | 3018 |
| 1978 | 3,958 | 72 | 18 | 2473 |
| 1977 | 3,840 | 75 | 21 | 2202 |
| 1976 | 3,780 | 72 | 14 | 2826 |
| 1975 | 3,936 | 73 | 11 | 3246 |
| 1974 | 4,184 | 73 | 19 | 2199 |
| 1973 | 4,261 | 67 | 15 | 2513 |
| 1972 | 4,686 | 65 | 11 | 2991 |
| 1971 | 5,337 | 65 | 16 | 2366 |
| 1970 | 6,004 | 59 | 20 | 1989 |
| 1969 | 6,094 | 58 | 18 | 1977 |
| 1968 | 6,129 | 56 | 16 | 2030 |
| 1967 | 6,345 | 55 | 21 | 1711 |
| 1966 | 6,962 | 54 | 23 | 1613 |
| 1965 | 7,243 | 57 | 27 | 1483 |
| 1964 | 8,237 | 54 | 23 | 1655 |
| 1963 | 8,294 | 53 | 28 | 1485 |
| 1962 | 8,697 | 53 | 20 | 1805 |
| 1961 | 9,251 | 48 | 19 | 1876 |
| 1960 | 9,536 | 42 | 24 | 1658 |
| 1959 | 10,025 | 40 | 20 | 1806 |
| 1958 | 10,769 | 38 | 23 | 1644 |
| 1957 | 11,151 | 37 | 27 | 1511 |
| 1956 | 12,056 | 28 | 19 | 1821 |
| 1955 | 11,636 | 28 | 24 | 1572 |
| 1954 | 11,079 | 32 | 17 | 1887 |
| 1953 | 10,849 | 35 | 17 | 1900 |
| 1952 | 11,053 | 34 | 31 | 1347 |
| 1951 | 10,566 | 34 | 24 | 1519 |
| 1950 | 9,655 | 34 | 18 | 1746 |
| 1949 | 9,137 | 37 | 14 | 2022 |
| 1948 | 8,244 | 41 | 23 | 1519 |
| 1947 | 7,889 | 46 | 13 | 2169 |
| 1946 | 6,367 | 48 | 14 | 1949 |
| 1945 | 5,031 | 50 | 18 | 1581 |
| 1944 | 5,256 | 49 | 16 | 1738 |
| 1943 | 5,427 | 48 | 24 | 1431 |
| 1942 | 5,267 | 49 | 26 | 1358 |
| 1941 | 4,884 | 51 | 18 | 1633 |
| 1940 | 4,584 | 53 | 17 | 1680 |
| 1939 | 4,577 | 49 | 17 | 1636 |
| 1938 | 4,525 | 48 | 20 | 1521 |
| 1937 | 4,459 | 47 | 23 | 1403 |
| 1936 | 4,537 | 44 | 26 | 1296 |
| 1935 | 4,698 | 42 | 18 | 1656 |
| 1934 | 4,933 | 42 | 20 | 1551 |
| 1933 | 4,908 | 44 | 19 | 1586 |
| 1932 | 5,449 | 39 | 29 | 1254 |
| 1931 | 5,642 | 36 | 38 | 1102 |
| 1930 | 6,299 | 35 | 32 | 1259 |
| 1929 | 6,277 | 34 | 23 | 1523 |
| 1928 | 6,910 | 33 | 41 | 1095 |
| 1927 | 7,256 | 31 | 35 | 1227 |
| 1926 | 7,469 | 31 | 29 | 1353 |
| 1925 | 7,867 | 29 | 19 | 1806 |
| 1924 | 8,363 | 27 | 28 | 1414 |
| 1923 | 8,437 | 24 | 22 | 1644 |
| 1922 | 8,537 | 24 | 22 | 1644 |
| 1921 | 8,887 | 23 | 17 | 1980 |
| 1920 | 8,878 | 21 | 19 | 1820 |
| 1919 | 8,335 | 23 | 17 | 1882 |
| 1918 | 8,842 | 20 | 12 | 2398 |
| 1917 | 8,689 | 18 | 16 | 1900 |
| 1916 | 8,469 | 20 | 23 | 1459 |
| 1915 | 8,181 | 19 | 15 | 1878 |
| 1914 | 6,613 | 18 | 20 | 1342 |
| 1913 | 5,302 | 22 | 12 | 1580 |
| 1912 | 4,666 | 21 | 11 | 1527 |
| 1911 | 3,565 | 20 | 11 | 1038 |
| 1910 | 3,161 | 22 | 10 | 1045 |
| 1909 | 2,897 | 23 | 7 | 1155 |
| 1908 | 2,750 | 22 | 10 | 877 |
| 1907 | 2,457 | 25 | 7 | 1094 |
| 1906 | 2,230 | 26 | 7 | 1004 |
| 1905 | 2,198 | 28 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 1,982 | 31 | 9 | 810 |
| 1903 | 1,916 | 32 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 1,896 | 31 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 1,599 | 38 | 5 | 1058 |
| 1900 | 2,081 | 34 | 5 | 1310 |
| 1899 | 1,628 | 36 | 5 | 1051 |
| 1898 | 1,705 | 41 | 5 | 1121 |
| 1897 | 1,511 | 42 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 1,594 | 40 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 1,514 | 38 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 1,430 | 41 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 1,336 | 42 | 5 | 1035 |
| 1892 | 1,333 | 42 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 1,219 | 41 | 6 | 841 |
| 1890 | 1,232 | 44 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 1,198 | 42 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 1,212 | 42 | 6 | 917 |
| 1887 | 967 | 44 | 5 | 921 |
| 1886 | 916 | 45 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 846 | 45 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 874 | 43 | 7 | 764 |
| 1883 | 853 | 36 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 726 | 42 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 635 | 40 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 688 | 31 | <5 | — |
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Where Catherine is most popular
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- South Carolina1.5×
- Virginia1.5×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years