Girls' name · since 1927
Cathline
88 babies named Cathline in U.S. Social Security records since 1927, with the highest year being 1951. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #28,531 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 88
- born since 1927
- 1950s
- peak decade
Cathline is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 88 have been recorded since 1927.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cathline has been recorded 88 times among girls since 1927, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1927 to 1981.
- #28,531 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 88 born since 1927
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cathline ranks #28,531 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 88 born since 1927, peaking in the 1950s.
- #28,531 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 88
- born since 1927
- 1950s
- peak decade
Cathline's 88 recorded births place it above 60.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cathline's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cathline's full recorded timeline at 1956, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1927, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1951 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cathline popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1927–1981
- Peak year (1951)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Cathline by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (47 births, 53% of the file).
1950s was Cathline's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Cathline births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1940s 10
1940s
10 births
- 1950s
1950s
47 births
- 1960s
1960s
21 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 47 births (53% of all-time use).
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What to do with Cathline's data
- Cathline's decade-level peak was the 1950s (47 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cathline: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1951)
Similar record span (~54 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, 1927–1981 (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 Cathline 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.