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How popular is “Cathryn” in the USA?

Number of people named “Cathryn” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Cathryn” 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 “Cathryn” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Cathryn” by birth year

This chart shows how “Cathryn” 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
1882 5 0.00002257 5 100%
1883 14 0.000064532 14 100%
1884 9 0.000036967 9 100%
1885 9 0.000037367 9 100%
1887 8 0.000032337 8 100%
1888 11 0.000036731 11 100%
1889 18 0.000062295 18 100%
1890 8 0.000026543 8 100%
1891 12 0.00004186 12 100%
1892 23 0.000068785 23 100%
1893 13 0.000039973 13 100%
1894 13 0.000038383 13 100%
1895 24 0.000068372 24 100%
1896 30 0.00008392 30 100%
1897 18 0.00005188 18 100%
1898 23 0.000060295 23 100%
1899 19 0.000056009 19 100%
1900 17 0.000037756 17 100%
1901 23 0.00006651 23 100%
1902 18 0.000046544 18 100%
1903 19 0.000049843 19 100%
1904 18 0.000044611 18 100%
1905 26 0.000061332 26 100%
1906 19 0.000044346 19 100%
1907 31 0.000066611 31 100%
1908 40 0.000081858 40 100%
1909 31 0.000060639 31 100%
1910 39 0.000066022 39 100%
1911 47 0.00007295 47 100%
1912 60 0.000060725 60 100%
1913 81 0.000071233 81 100%
1914 102 0.000072016 102 100%
1915 136 0.000074219 136 100%
1916 119 0.000061517 119 100%
1917 142 0.000070761 142 100%
1918 142 0.000065404 142 100%
1919 113 0.000053548 113 100%
1920 118 0.000052151 118 100%
1921 148 0.000063397 148 100%
1922 128 0.000055916 128 100%
1923 132 0.000057329 132 100%
1924 135 0.000056684 135 100%
1925 110 0.000047143 110 100%
1926 114 0.000049654 114 100%
1927 125 0.000053894 125 100%
1928 80 0.000035384 80 100%
1929 97 0.000044249 97 100%
1930 94 0.00004228 94 100%
1931 84 0.000039917 84 100%
1932 78 0.000036944 78 100%
1933 84 0.000042012 84 100%
1934 93 0.00004478 93 100%
1935 85 0.000040672 85 100%
1936 75 0.0000361 75 100%
1937 72 0.000033792 72 100%
1938 72 0.000032541 72 100%
1939 61 0.000027684 61 100%
1940 81 0.000035176 81 100%
1941 94 0.000038581 94 100%
1942 113 0.000041364 113 100%
1943 127 0.000044995 127 100%
1944 122 0.000045352 122 100%
1945 135 0.000050888 135 100%
1946 160 0.000050073 160 100%
1947 248 0.000068844 248 100%
1948 265 0.000076756 265 100%
1949 292 0.000083793 292 100%
1950 320 0.000091341 320 100%
1951 336 0.000091212 336 100%
1952 351 0.000092417 351 100%
1953 321 0.000083298 321 100%
1954 347 0.00008717 347 100%
1955 335 0.000083435 335 100%
1956 368 0.000089255 368 100%
1957 303 0.000072106 303 100%
1958 318 0.000076925 318 100%
1959 272 0.000065416 272 100%
1960 255 0.000061389 255 100%
1961 236 0.000056973 236 100%
1962 212 0.000052535 212 100%
1963 219 0.000055328 219 100%
1964 194 0.000049902 194 100%
1965 168 0.000046339 168 100%
1966 187 0.000053803 187 100%
1967 201 0.000059207 201 100%
1968 165 0.000048839 165 100%
1969 178 0.000051218 178 100%
1970 197 0.000054623 197 100%
1971 174 0.000050694 174 100%
1972 145 0.000046134 145 100%
1973 116 0.00003845 116 100%
1974 104 0.000034211 104 100%
1975 118 0.000039081 118 100%
1976 106 0.000034934 106 100%
1977 126 0.000039666 126 100%
1978 135 0.000042535 135 100%
1979 131 0.000039375 131 100%
1980 135 0.000039193 135 100%
1981 142 0.000041048 142 100%
1982 134 0.000038199 134 100%
1983 157 0.000045332 157 100%
1984 155 0.000044428 155 100%
1985 163 0.00004567 163 100%
1986 161 0.000045262 161 100%
1987 146 0.000040492 146 100%
1988 177 0.000047902 177 100%
1989 154 0.000040058 154 100%
1990 157 0.000039722 157 100%
1991 183 0.00004698 183 100%
1992 152 0.00003957 152 100%
1993 141 0.000037398 141 100%
1994 147 0.000039541 147 100%
1995 144 0.000039321 144 100%
1996 155 0.000042498 155 100%
1997 135 0.000037234 135 100%
1998 107 0.00002909 107 100%
1999 130 0.000035193 130 100%
2000 154 0.000040742 154 100%
2001 124 0.000033125 124 100%
2002 103 0.000027553 103 100%
2003 102 0.000026826 102 100%
2004 107 0.000028004 107 100%
2005 113 0.00002939 113 100%
2006 84 0.000021233 84 100%
2007 91 0.000022763 91 100%
2008 96 0.000024423 96 100%
2009 48 0.000012565 48 100%
2010 59 0.000015964 59 100%
2011 61 0.000016677 61 100%
2012 55 0.000015038 55 100%
2013 53 0.000014538 53 100%
2014 58 0.000015649 58 100%
2015 63 0.000017023 63 100%
2016 40 0.000010903 40 100%
2017 38 0.000010626 38 100%
2018 25 0.000007111 25 100%
2019 38 0.000010948 38 100%
2020 20 0.000005987 20 100%
2021 29 0.00000856 29 100%
2022 16 0.000004729 16 100%
2023 13 0.000003926 13 100%
2024 17 0.000005107 17 100%

Explore other names

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  2. Cathren
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