How Many People Are Named Cathleen?
people named Cathleen are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 14,307 people in the US has this name
Based on 29,933 babies named Cathleen in Social Security records from 1896 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
π Rare
Peak Year
1,159 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of KATHLEEN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Cathleen in English. Counting Cathleen and these spellings together, about 533,056 people alive in the US have the name.
β§ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Cathleen in the records were girls.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Cathleen alive today is about 60 years old, and 62% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 54 and 70 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Cathleen first appears in the records in 1896 and was given most often in 1958, to 1,159 babies. In 2025, 10 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1896 to 2025
π Rank History
Cathleen has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #251, in 1956. In 2025 it ranked #9,578.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #9,578 |
| Best rank | #251 (1956) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #282 in the 1950s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Cathleen alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Cathleen were born in New York than in any other state: about 3,226 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Cathleen was given 1.9 times as often in Massachusetts, 1.9 times in New York and 1.8 times in Connecticut.
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