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How popular is “Catharine” in the USA?

Number of people named “Catharine” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Catharine” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Catharine” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Catharine” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Catharine” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Catharine” by birth year

This chart shows how “Catharine” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 28 0.000138969 28 100%
1881 40 0.000207589 40 100%
1882 43 0.000194102 43 100%
1883 52 0.000239691 52 100%
1884 42 0.000172512 42 100%
1885 56 0.000232506 56 100%
1886 50 0.000195836 50 100%
1887 38 0.000153602 38 100%
1888 66 0.000220386 66 100%
1889 63 0.000218034 63 100%
1890 53 0.000175845 53 100%
1891 53 0.00018488 53 100%
1892 57 0.000170468 57 100%
1893 80 0.000245985 80 100%
1894 71 0.000209631 71 100%
1895 89 0.000253547 89 100%
1896 98 0.000274138 98 100%
1897 100 0.00028822 100 100%
1898 105 0.000275262 105 100%
1899 95 0.000280043 95 100%
1900 104 0.000230979 104 100%
1901 88 0.000254474 88 100%
1902 103 0.000266334 103 100%
1903 101 0.000264953 101 100%
1904 108 0.000267668 108 100%
1905 135 0.000318455 135 100%
1906 114 0.000266075 114 100%
1907 118 0.000253551 118 100%
1908 123 0.000251714 123 100%
1909 123 0.000240599 123 100%
1910 139 0.00023531 139 100%
1911 131 0.000203328 131 100%
1912 183 0.000185211 183 100%
1913 187 0.000164452 187 100%
1914 199 0.000140503 199 100%
1915 281 0.000153349 281 100%
1916 267 0.000138026 267 100%
1917 263 0.000131058 263 100%
1918 236 0.0001087 236 100%
1919 200 0.000094776 200 100%
1920 205 0.000090602 205 100%
1921 208 0.000089098 208 100%
1922 213 0.000093047 213 100%
1923 188 0.000081651 188 100%
1924 166 0.000069701 166 100%
1925 175 0.000075001 175 100%
1926 134 0.000058365 134 100%
1927 118 0.000050876 118 100%
1928 125 0.000055287 125 100%
1929 111 0.000050635 111 100%
1930 108 0.000048577 108 100%
1931 93 0.000044193 93 100%
1932 104 0.000049259 104 100%
1933 79 0.000039511 79 100%
1934 75 0.000036113 75 100%
1935 81 0.000038758 81 100%
1936 89 0.000042838 89 100%
1937 62 0.000029099 62 100%
1938 84 0.000037965 84 100%
1939 69 0.000031315 69 100%
1940 71 0.000030834 71 100%
1941 89 0.000036529 89 100%
1942 103 0.000037704 103 100%
1943 91 0.00003224 91 100%
1944 98 0.00003643 98 100%
1945 90 0.000033925 90 100%
1946 111 0.000034738 111 100%
1947 131 0.000036365 131 100%
1948 109 0.000031571 109 100%
1949 119 0.000034149 119 100%
1950 142 0.000040533 142 100%
1951 155 0.000042077 155 100%
1952 135 0.000035545 135 100%
1953 129 0.000033475 129 100%
1954 140 0.00003517 140 100%
1955 141 0.000035118 141 100%
1956 135 0.000032743 135 100%
1957 134 0.000031888 134 100%
1958 147 0.00003556 147 100%
1959 129 0.000031025 129 100%
1960 104 0.000025037 104 100%
1961 125 0.000030176 125 100%
1962 116 0.000028746 116 100%
1963 134 0.000033854 134 100%
1964 121 0.000031125 121 100%
1965 93 0.000025652 93 100%
1966 109 0.000031361 109 100%
1967 77 0.000022681 77 100%
1968 86 0.000025456 86 100%
1969 109 0.000031364 109 100%
1970 109 0.000030223 109 100%
1971 79 0.000023016 79 100%
1972 79 0.000025135 79 100%
1973 64 0.000021214 64 100%
1974 75 0.000024671 75 100%
1975 94 0.000031132 94 100%
1976 72 0.000023729 72 100%
1977 69 0.000021722 69 100%
1978 75 0.00002363 75 100%
1979 61 0.000018335 61 100%
1980 66 0.000019161 66 100%
1981 75 0.00002168 75 100%
1982 77 0.00002195 77 100%
1983 80 0.000023099 80 100%
1984 69 0.000019778 69 100%
1985 74 0.000020733 74 100%
1986 67 0.000018836 67 100%
1987 64 0.00001775 64 100%
1988 65 0.000017591 65 100%
1989 68 0.000017688 68 100%
1990 84 0.000021252 84 100%
1991 61 0.00001566 61 100%
1992 65 0.000016921 65 100%
1993 43 0.000011405 43 100%
1994 56 0.000015063 56 100%
1995 47 0.000012834 47 100%
1996 48 0.000013161 48 100%
1997 54 0.000014893 54 100%
1998 43 0.00001169 43 100%
1999 49 0.000013265 49 100%
2000 45 0.000011905 45 100%
2001 45 0.000012021 45 100%
2002 31 0.000008293 31 100%
2003 42 0.000011046 42 100%
2004 36 0.000009422 36 100%
2005 30 0.000007803 30 100%
2006 31 0.000007836 31 100%
2007 31 0.000007754 31 100%
2008 28 0.000007123 28 100%
2009 18 0.000004712 18 100%
2010 22 0.000005953 22 100%
2011 19 0.000005194 19 100%
2012 11 0.000003008 11 100%
2013 16 0.000004389 16 100%
2014 23 0.000006206 23 100%
2015 12 0.000003242 12 100%
2016 12 0.000003271 12 100%
2017 13 0.000003635 13 100%
2018 9 0.00000256 9 100%
2019 10 0.000002881 10 100%
2020 10 0.000002993 10 100%
2021 8 0.000002361 8 100%
2022 6 0.000001774 6 100%
2023 5 0.00000151 5 100%
2024 7 0.000002103 7 100%

Explore other names

These names are alphabetically near to Catharine:

  1. Cathalia
  2. Cathalina
  3. Cathaline
  4. Cathan
  5. Catharina
  6. Catharine (this page)
  7. Cathay
  8. Cathe
  9. Cathee
  10. Catheleen
  11. Cathelene