Girls' name · since 1917
Catheline
Catheline has 92 recorded births since 1917 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1956 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,991 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 92
- born since 1917
- 1950s
- peak decade
Catheline sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 92 recorded since 1917.
Social Security Administration records show Catheline recorded 92 times among girls since 1917, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1950s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 1996.
- #27,991 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 92 born since 1917
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Catheline ranks #27,991 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 92 born since 1917, peaking in the 1950s.
- #27,991 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 92
- born since 1917
- 1950s
- peak decade
Catheline's 92 recorded births place it above 61.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Catheline's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Catheline's full recorded timeline at 1953, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1917, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1956 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Catheline popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–1996
- Peak year (1956)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 80 years of records
Catheline by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (36 births, 39% of the file).
1950s was Catheline's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Catheline births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
17 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
36 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 14
1990s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 36 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Catheline's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (36 total births) through the 1990s (14) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Catheline: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1956)
Similar record span (~79 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, 1917–1996 (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 Catheline 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.