Girls' name · since 1917
Cathaleen
Cathaleen has 323 recorded births since 1917 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1951 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,302 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 323
- born since 1917
- 1950s
- peak decade
Cathaleen is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 323 have been recorded since 1917.
Cathaleen has 323 recorded births among girls since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 1980.
- #15,302 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 323 born since 1917
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cathaleen ranks #15,302 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 323 born since 1917, peaking in the 1950s.
- #15,302 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 323
- born since 1917
- 1950s
- peak decade
Cathaleen's 323 recorded births place it above 78.82% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cathaleen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Cathaleen splits its recorded history at 1953: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1919 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1951 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Cathaleen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–1980
- Peak year (1951)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Cathaleen by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (140 births, 43% of the file).
1950s was Cathaleen's strongest decade.
140 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Cathaleen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 13
1910s
13 births
- 1920s 17
1920s
17 births
- 1930s 21
1930s
21 births
- 1940s 52
1940s
52 births
- 1950s
1950s
140 births
- 1960s
1960s
59 births
- 1970s 16
1970s
16 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 140 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Cathaleen's decade-level peak was the 1950s (140 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- 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 Cathaleen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1951)
Similar record span (~63 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, 1917–1980 (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 Cathaleen 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.