Catherine Girl
How popular is Catherine?
#313 girl name in 2025
972 baby girls were named Catherine in the US in 2025, making it the 313th most popular girl name.
Catherine popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #313 for girls (▲ 9 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 972 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-46% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #177 in 2015, #267 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1956 (12,056 girls) |
| Highest rank | #18 in 1914 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.7% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Catherine counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Katherine family of names ranked #122 for girls in 2025 (#120 the year before), with 2,730 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Katherine | 1,670 | 61% |
| Catherine | 972 | 36% |
| Katheryn | 45 | 2% |
| Katherin | 34 | 1% |
| Katheryne | 9 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Catherine is most popular
Babies named Catherine per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- District of Columbia: 2.9 per 1,000 (34 girls)
- Alabama: 1.4 per 1,000 (128 girls)
- South Carolina: 1.3 per 1,000 (121 girls)
- Louisiana: 1.2 per 1,000 (106 girls)
- Connecticut: 1.1 per 1,000 (65 girls)
Catherine by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 8,915 | #31 |
| 1890s | 14,502 | #36 |
| 1900s | 22,006 | #22 |
| 1910s | 65,823 | #18 |
| 1920s | 78,881 | #21 |
| 1930s | 50,027 | #35 |
| 1940s | 62,086 | #37 |
| 1950s | 108,839 | #28 |
| 1960s | 76,788 | #42 |
| 1970s | 43,864 | #59 |
| 1980s | 42,437 | #65 |
| 1990s | 40,763 | #71 |
| 2000s | 29,702 | #81 |
| 2010s | 17,154 | #161 |
| 2020s | 6,002 | #267 |
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Questions
- Is Catherine a boy or girl name?
- Catherine is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Catherine were girls.
- How popular is the name Catherine?
- 972 baby girls were named Catherine in the US in 2025, making it the 313th most popular girl name.
- When was Catherine most popular?
- Catherine peaked in 1956, when 12,056 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #18, held for 2 years starting in 1914.
- How many people are named Catherine?
- 669,611 babies have been named Catherine in the US since 1880. We estimate about 388,552 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 60.
- Where is Catherine most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Catherine was most common in District of Columbia, at 2.9 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.