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.

Cathlene

#7,994 most common girls' name of all time · #13,368 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1929–2004

Rank among girls
#7,994
Rank overall
#13,368 of 105,966
First appeared
1929
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
829
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1957 #1,800
Best rank
#1,800 1957
Girls Boys peak 37/yr
1940196019802000

Cathlene first appears in 1929. 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
2004 5 — 5 #16,358
2002 5 — 5 #15,697
1993 8 — 8 #9,708
1992 6 — 6 #11,952
1991 8 — 8 #9,489
1990 8 — 8 #9,412
1989 13 — 13 #6,233
1988 6 — 6 #10,612
1987 5 — 5 #11,631
1986 6 — 6 #9,807
1985 7 — 7 #8,522
1983 11 — 11 #5,915
1982 12 — 12 #5,643
1981 15 — 15 #4,804
1980 11 — 11 #6,027
1979 10 — 10 #6,327
1978 9 — 9 #6,534
1977 6 — 6 #8,711
1976 5 — 5 #9,660
1975 7 — 7 #7,372
1974 6 — 6 #7,934
1973 10 — 10 #5,307
1972 14 — 14 #4,164
1971 12 — 12 #4,634
1970 14 — 14 #4,116
1969 13 — 13 #4,057
1968 27 — 27 #2,401
1967 28 — 28 #2,302
1966 22 — 22 #2,624
1965 18 — 18 #2,994
1964 29 — 29 #2,281
1963 26 — 26 #2,396
1962 19 — 19 #2,889
1961 36 — 36 #1,946
1960 21 — 21 #2,697
1959 34 — 34 #1,937
1958 21 — 21 #2,551
1957 37 — 37 #1,800
1956 34 — 34 #1,855
1955 30 — 30 #1,969
1954 23 — 23 #2,280
1953 20 — 20 #2,413
1952 29 — 29 #1,882
1951 21 — 21 #2,228
1950 21 — 21 #2,167
1949 19 — 19 #2,324
1948 17 — 17 #2,475
1947 8 — 8 #4,236
1946 15 — 15 #2,574
1945 9 — 9 #3,322
1944 8 — 8 #3,623
1943 8 — 8 #3,729
1942 6 — 6 #4,497
1937 5 — 5 #4,791
1929 6 — 6 #4,547