Catherine Name Popularity

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How popular is Catherine?

Ranking 204th in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Catherine is somewhat popular.

Currently in the top 250, this name has been part of the top 250 most popular since 1880, when the Social Security Administration began record keeping.

Position 18, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached for the first time in 1914 and as recently as 1917.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 1956 with 12,062 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Catherine was 635 in 1881.

Approximately during the years 1891-1894, 1897-1900, 1901-1915, 1939-1942, and 1943-1956, the name Catherine took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1956-1961, 1962-1967, 1968-1973, 1991-1996, and 2003-2010.

Currently, the name is at a very low point when compared to its most popular year.

How popular will Catherine be?

The popularity trend for Catherine has steadily decreased for a while. Of late, continuing the trend, the number of parents selecting the name Catherine for their newborn has dropped.

The name Catherine is favored by many parents but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

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		Catherin. (Girl)		Catherin. (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		1,498	204	< 5	--
2017		1,577	198	< 5	--
2016		1,666	195	< 5	--
2015		1,802	177	< 5	--
2014		1,941	170	< 5	--
2013		1,865	170	< 5	--
2012		1,911	165	< 5	--
2011		1,934	161	< 5	--
2010		1,611	193	< 5	--
2009		1,889	176	< 5	--
2008		2,321	148	< 5	--
2007		2,470	142	5	12,662
2006		2,790	121	< 5	--
2005		2,983	109	8	8,412
2004		3,180	103	11	6,586
2003		3,231	106	< 5	--
2002		3,292	101	10	6,603
2001		3,730	81	< 5	--
2000		3,801	81	< 5	--
1999		3,401	98	9	6,617
1998		3,346	102	< 5	--
1997		3,591	96	8	6,698
1996		3,738	95	11	5,233
1995		3,858	90	11	5,176
1994		4,102	84	< 5	--
1993		4,476	75	< 5	--
1992		4,534	78	10	5,286
1991		4,816	72	8	6,029
1990		4,893	71	23	2,788
1989		4,555	67	44	1,739
1988		4,505	69	16	3,223
1987		4,107	74	24	2,341
1986		4,242	67	24	2,298
1985		4,291	65	12	3,622
1984		4,238	69	19	2,546
1983		4,249	67	17	2,686
1982		4,097	73	8	4,654
1981		4,055	73	14	3,050
1980		4,081	77	16	2,849
1979		3,878	78	14	3,029
1978		3,955	72	19	2,389
1977		3,843	75	21	2,216
1976		3,781	72	14	2,839
1975		3,934	73	11	3,275
1974		4,182	73	19	2,207
1973		4,262	67	15	2,520
1972		4,685	65	11	3,011
1971		5,335	65	16	2,376
1970		6,006	59	20	2,000
1969		6,094	58	18	1,985
1968		6,130	56	16	2,045
1967		6,344	55	21	1,714
1966		6,961	54	23	1,618
1965		7,247	57	27	1,490
1964		8,236	54	23	1,662
1963		8,291	53	28	1,488
1962		8,699	53	20	1,813
1961		9,246	48	19	1,886
1960		9,537	42	25	1,626
1959		10,023	40	19	1,866
1958		10,764	38	23	1,648
1957		11,149	37	27	1,515
1956		12,062	28	19	1,837
1955		11,628	28	24	1,573
1954		11,077	32	17	1,901
1953		10,846	35	17	1,909
1952		11,052	34	31	1,354
1951		10,566	34	24	1,523
1950		9,656	34	18	1,755
1949		9,136	37	14	2,038
1948		8,245	41	23	1,524
1947		7,889	46	13	2,179
1946		6,366	48	14	1,961
1945		5,030	50	18	1,590
1944		5,257	49	16	1,749
1943		5,425	48	24	1,435
1942		5,267	49	26	1,363
1941		4,884	51	18	1,644
1940		4,581	53	17	1,689
1939		4,576	49	17	1,647
1938		4,524	48	20	1,527
1937		4,459	47	23	1,411
1936		4,536	44	26	1,298
1935		4,698	42	18	1,665
1934		4,934	42	20	1,561
1933		4,908	44	19	1,598
1932		5,447	39	29	1,258
1931		5,642	36	38	1,102
1930		6,298	35	32	1,260
1929		6,276	34	23	1,529
1928		6,912	33	41	1,096
1927		7,255	31	35	1,232
1926		7,468	31	29	1,357
1925		7,867	29	19	1,815
1924		8,363	27	28	1,420
1923		8,438	24	22	1,649
1922		8,538	24	22	1,656
1921		8,887	23	17	1,993
1920		8,878	21	19	1,830
1919		8,334	23	17	1,889
1918		8,842	20	12	2,421
1917		8,689	18	16	1,915
1916		8,469	20	23	1,465
1915		8,181	19	15	1,890
1914		6,613	18	20	1,350
1913		5,302	22	12	1,597
1912		4,666	21	11	1,540
1911		3,565	20	11	1,050
1910		3,161	22	10	1,055
1909		2,897	23	7	1,170
1908		2,750	22	10	893
1907		2,457	25	7	1,116
1906		2,230	26	7	1,026
1905		2,198	28	< 5	--
1904		1,983	31	9	820
1903		1,916	32	< 5	--
1902		1,896	31	< 5	--
1901		1,599	38	5	1,077
1900		2,081	34	5	1,348
1899		1,628	36	5	1,075
1898		1,705	41	5	1,151
1897		1,511	42	< 5	--
1896		1,594	40	< 5	--
1895		1,514	38	< 5	--
1894		1,430	41	< 5	--
1893		1,336	42	5	1,065
1892		1,333	42	< 5	--
1891		1,219	41	6	863
1890		1,232	44	< 5	--
1889		1,198	42	< 5	--
1888		1,212	42	6	941
1887		967	44	5	953
1886		916	45	< 5	--
1885		846	45	< 5	--
1884		874	43	7	784
1883		853	36	< 5	--
1882		726	42	< 5	--
1881		635	40	< 5	--
1880		688	31	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.