Cathrina — girls' name
50 babies named Cathrina in U.S. Social Security records since 1959, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
30% of everyone ever named Cathrina was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Cathrina in 1981 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cathrina
The Social Security Administration has registered 50 babies named Cathrina between 1959 and 1994, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cathrina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cathrina performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Cathrina shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cathrina 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 50 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.
Cathrina at a glance
Last recorded 1994Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cathrina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1959
- Peak year (1981)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1994.
50 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1981 with 9 births in a single year.
Cathrina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 15 births that decade — 30% of Cathrina's all-time total
Cathrina decade highlights
- Peak decade 15 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Cathrina's strongest decade
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1959–1994 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.