Girls' name · since 1948
Catharina
Since 1948, U.S. Social Security records show 332 babies named Catharina, peaking in 1989. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #15,081 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,942 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 332
- born since 1948
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Catharina is the #8942 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 332 recorded since 1948.
Catharina has 332 recorded births among girls since 1948, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8942 as of the latest data, more common than 48% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1948 to 2025.
- #15,081 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,942 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 332 born since 1948
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Catharina ranks #15,081 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,942 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 332 born since 1948, peaking in the 1990s.
- #15,081 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,942 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 332
- born since 1948
- 1990s
- peak decade
Catharina's 332 recorded births place it above 79.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Catharina compares
332 47th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Catharina's all-time total is 12% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Catharina | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 332 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Catharina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Catharina's SSA record in two at 1990 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1948, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1989 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Catharina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–2025
- Peak year (1989)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 78 years of records
Catharina by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (63 births, 19% of the file).
1990s was Catharina's strongest decade.
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Catharina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 15
1950s
15 births
- 1960s
1960s
49 births
- 1970s
1970s
55 births
- 1980s
1980s
39 births
- 1990s
1990s
63 births
- 2000s
2000s
46 births
- 2010s 16
2010s
16 births
- 2020s
2020s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 63 births (19% of all-time use).
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What to do with Catharina's data
- Catharina's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (63 total births) through the 2020s (44) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Catharina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~77 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, 1948–2025 (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 Catharina 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.