first name
CATHLEEN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 24,815 people named Cathleen, 88.4% reported their origin as White, 4% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.6% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Cathleen peaked in 1958, when 1,159 babies got the name.
At least 29,933 babies have been given the name since 1896. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Cathleen by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #512. The largest share of babies named Cathleen, 54.6%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Cathleen is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Cathleen has been most common in Massachusetts (2.1×), New York (2.1×), and Connecticut (2×), and least common in Tennessee (0.06×).
25,283 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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6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Cathleen, most common first.
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