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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |