Catherin — girls' name

What the Data Says About Catherin

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,121 babies named Catherin between 1913 and 2018, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Catherin currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 143 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Catherin performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 207 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Catherin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 136 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Catherin in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Catherin 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 1,121 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.