Marycatherine — #8975 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Marycatherine

The Social Security Administration has registered 945 babies named Marycatherine between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marycatherine currently holds the #8975 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 32 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marycatherine performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 247 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Marycatherine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Marycatherine in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marycatherine 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 945 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.