Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Catherine

#39 most common girls' name of all time · #88 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#39
Rank overall
#88 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
669,611
Since 2016
12,074
Peak year
1956 #28
Best rank
#18 1914
Girls Boys peak 12,075/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Catherine is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 972 972 #313
2024 956 956 #322
2023 933 933 #331
2022 981 981 #328
2021 1,005 1,005 #323
2020 1,155 1,155 #267
2019 1,312 1,312 #241
2018 1,507 1,507 #205
2017 1,584 1,584 #198
2016 1,669 1,669 #195
2015 1,807 1,807 #177
2014 1,945 1,945 #170
2013 1,868 1,868 #170
2012 1,913 1,913 #165
2011 1,937 1,937 #161
2010 1,612 1,612 #193
2009 1,892 1,892 #176
2008 2,323 2,323 #148
2007 2,472 5 2,477 #142
2006 2,793 2,793 #121
2005 2,985 8 2,993 #109
2004 3,181 11 3,192 #103
2003 3,231 3,231 #106
2002 3,292 10 3,302 #101
2001 3,731 3,731 #81
2000 3,802 3,802 #81
1999 3,401 9 3,410 #98
1998 3,350 3,350 #101
1997 3,591 8 3,599 #96
1996 3,739 11 3,750 #95
1995 3,860 11 3,871 #90
1994 4,102 4,102 #84
1993 4,475 4,475 #75
1992 4,536 10 4,546 #78
1991 4,815 8 4,823 #72
1990 4,894 23 4,917 #71
1989 4,559 44 4,603 #67
1988 4,504 16 4,520 #69
1987 4,108 24 4,132 #74
1986 4,242 24 4,266 #67
1985 4,297 12 4,309 #65
1984 4,240 19 4,259 #69
1983 4,252 17 4,269 #66
1982 4,098 8 4,106 #73
1981 4,057 14 4,071 #73
1980 4,080 16 4,096 #77
1979 3,878 14 3,892 #78
1978 3,958 18 3,976 #72
1977 3,840 21 3,861 #75
1976 3,780 14 3,794 #72
1975 3,936 11 3,947 #73
1974 4,184 19 4,203 #73
1973 4,261 15 4,276 #67
1972 4,686 11 4,697 #65
1971 5,337 16 5,353 #65
1970 6,004 20 6,024 #59
1969 6,094 18 6,112 #58
1968 6,129 16 6,145 #56
1967 6,345 21 6,366 #55
1966 6,962 23 6,985 #54
1965 7,243 27 7,270 #57
1964 8,237 23 8,260 #54
1963 8,294 28 8,322 #53
1962 8,697 20 8,717 #53
1961 9,251 19 9,270 #48
1960 9,536 24 9,560 #42
1959 10,025 20 10,045 #40
1958 10,769 23 10,792 #38
1957 11,151 27 11,178 #37
1956 12,056 19 12,075 #28
1955 11,636 24 11,660 #28
1954 11,079 17 11,096 #32
1953 10,849 17 10,866 #35
1952 11,053 31 11,084 #34
1951 10,566 24 10,590 #34
1950 9,655 18 9,673 #34
1949 9,137 14 9,151 #37
1948 8,244 23 8,267 #41
1947 7,889 13 7,902 #46
1946 6,367 14 6,381 #48
1945 5,031 18 5,049 #50
1944 5,256 16 5,272 #49
1943 5,427 24 5,451 #48
1942 5,267 26 5,293 #49
1941 4,884 18 4,902 #51
1940 4,584 17 4,601 #53
1939 4,577 17 4,594 #49
1938 4,525 20 4,545 #48
1937 4,459 23 4,482 #47
1936 4,537 26 4,563 #44
1935 4,698 18 4,716 #42
1934 4,933 20 4,953 #42
1933 4,908 19 4,927 #44
1932 5,449 29 5,478 #39
1931 5,642 38 5,680 #36
1930 6,299 32 6,331 #35
1929 6,277 23 6,300 #34
1928 6,910 41 6,951 #33
1927 7,256 35 7,291 #31
1926 7,469 29 7,498 #31
1925 7,867 19 7,886 #29
1924 8,363 28 8,391 #27
1923 8,437 22 8,459 #24
1922 8,537 22 8,559 #24
1921 8,887 17 8,904 #23
1920 8,878 19 8,897 #21
1919 8,335 17 8,352 #23
1918 8,842 12 8,854 #20
1917 8,689 16 8,705 #18
1916 8,469 23 8,492 #20
1915 8,181 15 8,196 #19
1914 6,613 20 6,633 #18
1913 5,302 12 5,314 #22
1912 4,666 11 4,677 #21
1911 3,565 11 3,576 #20
1910 3,161 10 3,171 #22
1909 2,897 7 2,904 #23
1908 2,750 10 2,760 #22
1907 2,457 7 2,464 #25
1906 2,230 7 2,237 #26
1905 2,198 2,198 #28
1904 1,982 9 1,991 #31
1903 1,916 1,916 #32
1902 1,896 1,896 #31
1901 1,599 5 1,604 #38
1900 2,081 5 2,086 #34
1899 1,628 5 1,633 #36
1898 1,705 5 1,710 #41
1897 1,511 1,511 #42
1896 1,594 1,594 #40
1895 1,514 1,514 #38
1894 1,430 1,430 #41
1893 1,336 5 1,341 #42
1892 1,333 1,333 #42
1891 1,219 6 1,225 #42
1890 1,232 1,232 #44
1889 1,198 1,198 #42
1888 1,212 6 1,218 #42
1887 967 5 972 #44
1886 916 916 #45
1885 846 846 #45
1884 874 7 881 #43
1883 853 853 #36
1882 726 726 #42
1881 635 635 #40
1880 688 688 #31