Cathern — girls' name

What the Data Says About Cathern

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,080 babies named Cathern between 1882 and 1988, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cathern currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1930, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cathern performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 229 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Cathern shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in West Virginia, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Cathern in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cathern 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 1,080 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.