How Many People Are Named Catharine?
people named Catharine are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 63,873 people in the US has this name
Based on 12,994 babies named Catharine in Social Security records from 1880 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
ππ Very Rare
Peak Year
281 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of KATHERINE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Catharine in English. Counting Catharine and these spellings together, about 1,235,133 people alive in the US have the name.
β§ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Catharine in the records were girls.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Catharine alive today is about 55 years old, and 47% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 40 and 71 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Catharine first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1915, to 281 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2024
π Rank History
Catharine has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #249, in 1883.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #249 (1883) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #380 in the 1910s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Catharine alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Catharine were born in Pennsylvania than in any other state: about 563 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Catharine was given 5.1 times as often in Pennsylvania, 2 times in New Jersey and 1.8 times in New York.
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