Girls' name · since 1965
Cahterine
Cahterine has 111 recorded births since 1965 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1982 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,946 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 111
- born since 1965
- 1980s
- peak decade
Cahterine sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 111 recorded since 1965.
Social Security Administration records show Cahterine recorded 111 times among girls since 1965, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1965 to 1991.
- #25,946 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 111 born since 1965
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cahterine ranks #25,946 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 111 born since 1965, peaking in the 1980s.
- #25,946 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 111
- born since 1965
- 1980s
- peak decade
Cahterine's 111 recorded births place it above 64.02% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cahterine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cahterine's full recorded timeline at 1982, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1965, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1982 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cahterine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–1991
- Peak year (1982)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Cahterine by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (62 births, 56% of the file).
1980s was Cahterine's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Cahterine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 15
1960s
15 births
- 1970s 21
1970s
21 births
- 1980s
1980s
62 births
- 1990s 13
1990s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 62 births (56% of all-time use).
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What to do with Cahterine's data
- Cahterine's decade-level peak was the 1980s (62 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cahterine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~26 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1965–1991 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cahterine draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.