Cathlene — girls' name

What the Data Says About Cathlene

The Social Security Administration has registered 829 babies named Cathlene between 1929 and 2004, spanning 76 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cathlene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 37 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cathlene performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 270 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Cathlene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 89 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Cathlene in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cathlene 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 829 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.