Total births
15
Girls' name · since 1925
Cathreen
15 babies named Cathreen in U.S. Social Security records since 1925, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 15
- total births
- 1925–1956
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 67%
- born in that decade
Cathreen sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 15 recorded since 1925.
Cathreen has 15 recorded births among girls since 1925, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1925 to 1956.
- 15 total births
- 1925–1956 years on record
- 1950s peak decade
- 67% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
15 girls have been named Cathreen since 1925, peaking in the 1950s, last recorded in 1956.
- 15
- total births
- 1925–1956
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 67%
- born in that decade
1950s
Peak decade
67% of everyone ever named Cathreen was born in this single decade.
1925
Single peak year
5 babies were named Cathreen in 1925 - its busiest year on record.
Cathreen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cathreen's full recorded timeline at 1954, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1925, with just 5 recorded births.
Cathreen at a glance
Last recorded 1956Peak year
1925
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1925
Cathreen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1925–1956
- Peak year (1925)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Cathreen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1950s was Cathreen's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Cathreen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 10 births (67% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Cathreen? ▼
15 babies have been named Cathreen since 1925. It was last recorded in 1956. The peak year was 1925 with 5 births.
When was Cathreen most popular? ▼
Cathreen was most popular in the 1950s decade with 10 total births. The single peak year was 1925.
How long has the name Cathreen been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Cathreen since 1925 -- 32 years through the most recent 1956 data.
What names are similar to Cathreen? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Catherine, Cathy, Catalina, Cathleen, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
Keep exploring Cathreen
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1925–1956 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Cathreen: Baby Name Since 1925 - 15 Births, Peak 1925." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/cathreen. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Cathreen 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 July 2026.