Girls' name · since 1913
Catherin
1,121 babies named Catherin in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,927 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,121
- born since 1913
- 1980s
- peak decade
Catherin is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 1,121 have been recorded since 1913.
Catherin has 1,121 recorded births among girls since 1913, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 2018.
- #6,927 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,121 born since 1913
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Catherin ranks #6,927 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,121 born since 1913, peaking in the 1980s.
- #6,927 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,121
- born since 1913
- 1980s
- peak decade
Catherin's 1,121 recorded births place it above 90.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Catherin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Catherin's SSA record in two at 1967 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1913, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1989 peak of 143, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Catherin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–2018
- Peak year (1989)
- 143
- Annual births at peak, across 106 years of records
Catherin by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (207 births, 18% of the file).
1980s was Catherin's strongest decade.
207 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Catherin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 43
1910s
43 births
- 1920s 77
1920s
77 births
- 1930s 52
1930s
52 births
- 1940s 71
1940s
71 births
- 1950s
1950s
137 births
- 1960s
1960s
115 births
- 1970s
1970s
84 births
- 1980s
1980s
207 births
- 1990s
1990s
112 births
- 2000s
2000s
170 births
- 2010s 53
2010s
53 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 207 births (18% of all-time use).
How Catherin compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Catherin's total volume
Catherin by state
Where Catherin concentrates geographically, total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 136 | 12.1% |
| #2 | California | | 16 | 1.4% |
| #3 | Texas | | 5 | 0.4% |
136 of 1,121 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- Catherin's decade-level peak was the 1980s (207 total births); usage has since declined to 53 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Catherins (136 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Catherin: 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 (~105 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, 1913–2018 (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 Catherin 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.