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.

Cathleen

#832 most common girls' name of all time · #1,501 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1896–2025

Rank among girls
#832
Rank overall
#1,501 of 105,966
First appeared
1896
Years on the list
128 of 146
All-time
29,933
Since 2016
119
Peak year
1958 #255
Best rank
#251 1956
Girls Boys peak 1,159/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Cathleen first appears in 1896. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 10 — 10 #9,501
2024 12 — 12 #8,470
2023 7 — 7 #12,244
2022 13 — 13 #8,070
2021 11 — 11 #9,024
2020 11 — 11 #8,994
2019 8 — 8 #11,408
2018 13 — 13 #8,181
2017 18 — 18 #6,556
2016 16 — 16 #7,269
2015 21 — 21 #6,047
2014 27 — 27 #5,035
2013 33 — 33 #4,345
2012 16 — 16 #7,489
2011 29 — 29 #4,821
2010 21 — 21 #6,200
2009 46 — 46 #3,517
2008 44 — 44 #3,656
2007 45 — 45 #3,606
2006 38 — 38 #3,929
2005 42 — 42 #3,516
2004 43 — 43 #3,447
2003 43 — 43 #3,354
2002 52 — 52 #2,858
2001 52 — 52 #2,812
2000 56 — 56 #2,643
1999 74 — 74 #2,077
1998 65 — 65 #2,190
1997 75 — 75 #1,928
1996 77 — 77 #1,885
1995 72 — 72 #1,920
1994 115 — 115 #1,403
1993 109 — 109 #1,460
1992 115 — 115 #1,417
1991 125 — 125 #1,322
1990 129 — 129 #1,267
1989 140 — 140 #1,174
1988 151 — 151 #1,055
1987 162 — 162 #974
1986 178 — 178 #907
1985 189 — 189 #854
1984 177 — 177 #864
1983 177 — 177 #863
1982 203 — 203 #794
1981 197 — 197 #809
1980 186 — 186 #841
1979 214 — 214 #754
1978 220 — 220 #719
1977 270 — 270 #623
1976 214 — 214 #692
1975 261 — 261 #609
1974 317 — 317 #529
1973 367 — 367 #486
1972 428 — 428 #443
1971 534 — 534 #401
1970 636 — 636 #375
1969 670 — 670 #350
1968 612 — 612 #363
1967 734 — 734 #322
1966 831 — 831 #307
1965 886 — 886 #301
1964 1,005 5 1,010 #288
1963 822 — 822 #327
1962 848 — 848 #322
1961 931 — 931 #302
1960 950 — 950 #304
1959 1,016 — 1,016 #279
1958 1,159 — 1,159 #255
1957 1,071 — 1,071 #264
1956 1,115 — 1,115 #251
1955 1,008 — 1,008 #268
1954 870 — 870 #287
1953 817 5 822 #292
1952 877 — 877 #272
1951 772 — 772 #282
1950 759 — 759 #281
1949 733 — 733 #285
1948 653 — 653 #300
1947 568 — 568 #334
1946 356 — 356 #406
1945 311 — 311 #403
1944 287 — 287 #423
1943 199 — 199 #535
1942 182 — 182 #552
1941 136 — 136 #605
1940 116 — 116 #648
1939 85 — 85 #746
1938 64 — 64 #883
1937 61 — 61 #887
1936 45 — 45 #1,047
1935 61 — 61 #888
1934 57 — 57 #914
1933 50 — 50 #981
1932 70 — 70 #822
1931 49 — 49 #1,005
1930 57 — 57 #980
1929 56 — 56 #963
1928 67 — 67 #901
1927 53 — 53 #1,060
1926 73 — 73 #870
1925 73 — 73 #873
1924 73 — 73 #885
1923 78 — 78 #835
1922 61 — 61 #961
1921 56 — 56 #1,007
1920 51 — 51 #1,045
1919 46 — 46 #1,085
1918 44 — 44 #1,121
1917 41 — 41 #1,123
1916 49 — 49 #991
1915 33 — 33 #1,215
1914 28 — 28 #1,170
1913 24 — 24 #1,145
1912 30 — 30 #936
1911 23 — 23 #930
1910 27 — 27 #844
1909 16 — 16 #1,048
1908 7 — 7 #1,809
1907 13 — 13 #1,136
1906 17 — 17 #916
1905 11 — 11 #1,229
1904 18 — 18 #879
1903 13 — 13 #1,023
1902 18 — 18 #848
1901 5 — 5 #1,857
1900 6 — 6 #1,859
1899 8 — 8 #1,268
1896 8 — 8 #1,291