How Many People Are Named Catherine?
people named Catherine are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 897 people in the US has this name
Based on 669,611 babies named Catherine in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
β Uncommon
Peak Year
12,075 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
French form of KATHERINE, and also a common English variant.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Catherine in English. Counting Catherine and these spellings together, about 1,235,133 people alive in the US have the name.
β§ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Catherine (99.8%) were girls.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Catherine alive today is about 53 years old, and 48% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 36 and 70 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Catherine first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1956, to 12,075 babies. In 2025, 972 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
π Rank History
Catherine never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #18, in 1914 and 1917, and it was in the top 100 in 121 years between 1880 and 2001. In 2025 it ranked #314.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #314 |
| Best rank | #18 (1914 and 1917) |
| Years in the top 100 | 121 (1880 to 2001) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #32 in the 1950s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Catherine alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Catherine were born in New York than in any other state: about 42,247 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Catherine was given 1.8 times as often in District of Columbia, 1.8 times in Delaware and 1.7 times in Maryland.
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