How Many People Are Named Cathryn?
people named Cathryn are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 30,057 people in the US has this name
Based on 16,332 babies named Cathryn in Social Security records from 1882 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
π Rare
Peak Year
368 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 Cathryn in English. Counting Cathryn and these spellings together, about 1,234,972 people alive in the US have the name.
β§ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Cathryn in the records were girls.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Cathryn alive today is about 52 years old, and 43% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 34 and 69 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Cathryn first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 1956, to 368 babies. In 2025, 8 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2025
π Rank History
Cathryn has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #450, in 1950. In 2025 it ranked #11,131.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #11,131 |
| Best rank | #450 (1950) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #506 in the 1950s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Cathryn alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Cathryn were born in California than in any other state: about 1,174 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Cathryn was given 1.7 times as often in Texas, 1.6 times in California and 1.5 times in Illinois.
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