Catharine — #12121 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Catharine

The Social Security Administration has registered 12,994 babies named Catharine between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Catharine currently holds the #12121 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 281 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Catharine performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 2,086 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Catharine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 2,173 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Catharine in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Catharine in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 12,994 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.