first name
CATHARINE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,285 people named Catharine, 88.7% reported their origin as White, 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.5% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (100%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Catharine peaked in 1915, when 281 babies got the name.
At least 12,994 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Catharine by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #489. The largest share of babies named Catharine, 34.7%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Catharine is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Catharine has been most common in Pennsylvania (7×), New Jersey (2×), and New York (2×), and least common in Florida (0.16×).
5,727 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Catharine, most common first.
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