Cathrine — girls' name
7,715 babies named Cathrine in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1956. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
18% of everyone ever named Cathrine was born in this single decade.
178 babies were named Cathrine in 1956 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cathrine
The Social Security Administration has registered 7,715 babies named Cathrine between 1880 and 2019, spanning 140 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cathrine currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 178 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cathrine performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 1,413 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Cathrine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 547 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Cathrine in 28 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cathrine 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 7,715 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.
Cathrine at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cathrine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1880
- Peak year (1956)
- 178
- Annual births at peak — across 140 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
7,715 total births across 140 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1956 with 178 births in a single year.
Cathrine by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 1,413 births that decade — 18% of Cathrine's all-time total
Cathrine decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,413 births
- Runner-up 1,155 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Cathrine's strongest decade
1,413 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 18% of all-time use.
Cathrine by state
Where Cathrine concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 547 | 7.1% |
| #2 | New York | | 299 | 3.9% |
| #3 | Texas | | 294 | 3.8% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 236 | 3.1% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 216 | 2.8% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 179 | 2.3% |
| #7 | South Carolina | | 174 | 2.3% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 168 | 2.2% |
547 of 7,715 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 28 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 7.1% of nationwide
- New York 3.9% of nationwide
- Texas 3.8% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 3.1% of nationwide
- Georgia 2.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 28 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Cathrine appears in 28 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1880–2019 (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.