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Cathleen Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Cathleen?

Ranking 8,189th in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Cathleen is rare.

Although not currently within the top 1000, Cathleen has seen higher popularity rankings.

Position 251, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 1956.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 1958 with 1,156 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Cathleen was less than 5, most recently in 1898.

Approximately during the years 1913-1916, 1918-1923, 1936-1949, and 1953-1956, the name Cathleen took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1971-1976, 1997-2001, and 2007-2010.

Sometimes the name Cathleen has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

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

How popular will Cathleen be?

The popularity trend for Cathleen has been spiralling downward for a while. Of late, continuing the trend, the number of parents selecting the name Cathleen for their newborn has dropped significantly.

The name Cathleen is mostly unused and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Cathleen has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Cathleen (Girl)Cathleen (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 13 8,189 < 5 --
2017 18 6,574 < 5 --
2016 16 7,307 < 5 --
2015 21 6,055 < 5 --
2014 27 5,042 < 5 --
2013 33 4,344 < 5 --
2012 16 7,515 < 5 --
2011 29 4,822 < 5 --
2010 20 6,425 < 5 --
2009 46 3,516 < 5 --
2008 44 3,657 < 5 --
2007 45 3,609 < 5 --
2006 38 3,942 < 5 --
2005 42 3,521 < 5 --
2004 43 3,450 < 5 --
2003 43 3,362 < 5 --
2002 52 2,858 < 5 --
2001 52 2,815 < 5 --
2000 56 2,636 < 5 --
1999 74 2,074 < 5 --
1998 65 2,195 < 5 --
1997 75 1,931 < 5 --
1996 77 1,884 < 5 --
1995 72 1,922 < 5 --
1994 115 1,402 < 5 --
1993 109 1,462 < 5 --
1992 115 1,418 < 5 --
1991 125 1,323 < 5 --
1990 129 1,265 < 5 --
1989 140 1,169 < 5 --
1988 151 1,056 < 5 --
1987 162 975 < 5 --
1986 178 906 < 5 --
1985 189 853 < 5 --
1984 177 862 < 5 --
1983 177 860 < 5 --
1982 203 794 < 5 --
1981 197 809 < 5 --
1980 186 840 < 5 --
1979 215 754 < 5 --
1978 220 717 < 5 --
1977 270 621 < 5 --
1976 214 692 < 5 --
1975 261 607 < 5 --
1974 317 527 < 5 --
1973 367 486 < 5 --
1972 427 442 < 5 --
1971 534 401 < 5 --
1970 636 375 < 5 --
1969 670 348 < 5 --
1968 612 364 < 5 --
1967 733 322 < 5 --
1966 831 307 < 5 --
1965 885 301 < 5 --
1964 1,007 288 5 4,124
1963 820 327 < 5 --
1962 850 322 < 5 --
1961 929 303 < 5 --
1960 951 303 < 5 --
1959 1,017 279 < 5 --
1958 1,156 255 < 5 --
1957 1,072 264 < 5 --
1956 1,116 251 < 5 --
1955 1,008 268 < 5 --
1954 870 287 < 5 --
1953 817 292 5 3,894
1952 877 272 < 5 --
1951 772 282 < 5 --
1950 759 280 < 5 --
1949 732 285 < 5 --
1948 653 300 < 5 --
1947 568 334 < 5 --
1946 356 405 < 5 --
1945 311 403 < 5 --
1944 287 423 < 5 --
1943 199 534 < 5 --
1942 182 551 < 5 --
1941 136 604 < 5 --
1940 117 645 < 5 --
1939 85 740 < 5 --
1938 64 875 < 5 --
1937 61 883 < 5 --
1936 45 1,041 < 5 --
1935 61 885 < 5 --
1934 57 905 < 5 --
1933 50 974 < 5 --
1932 70 816 < 5 --
1931 49 996 < 5 --
1930 57 971 < 5 --
1929 56 959 < 5 --
1928 67 896 < 5 --
1927 53 1,058 < 5 --
1926 73 868 < 5 --
1925 73 871 < 5 --
1924 73 880 < 5 --
1923 78 828 < 5 --
1922 61 953 < 5 --
1921 56 1,004 < 5 --
1920 51 1,042 < 5 --
1919 46 1,077 < 5 --
1918 44 1,106 < 5 --
1917 41 1,113 < 5 --
1916 49 980 < 5 --
1915 33 1,200 < 5 --
1914 28 1,154 < 5 --
1913 24 1,126 < 5 --
1912 30 924 < 5 --
1911 23 903 < 5 --
1910 27 833 < 5 --
1909 16 1,018 < 5 --
1908 7 1,703 < 5 --
1907 13 1,100 < 5 --
1906 17 900 < 5 --
1905 11 1,173 < 5 --
1904 18 855 < 5 --
1903 13 984 < 5 --
1902 18 821 < 5 --
1901 5 1,722 < 5 --
1900 6 1,758 < 5 --
1899 8 1,189 < 5 --
1898 < 5 -- < 5 --
1897 < 5 -- < 5 --
1896 8 1,226 < 5 --
1895 < 5 -- < 5 --
1894 < 5 -- < 5 --
1893 < 5 -- < 5 --
1892 < 5 -- < 5 --
1891 < 5 -- < 5 --
1890 < 5 -- < 5 --
1889 < 5 -- < 5 --
1888 < 5 -- < 5 --
1887 < 5 -- < 5 --
1886 < 5 -- < 5 --
1885 < 5 -- < 5 --
1884 < 5 -- < 5 --
1883 < 5 -- < 5 --
1882 < 5 -- < 5 --
1881 < 5 -- < 5 --
1880 < 5 -- < 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.