first name
CATHRINE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,767 people named Cathrine, 75.7% reported their origin as White, 8.6% as Black and 7.7% as Hispanic or Latino. 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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Cathrine peaked in 1956, when 178 babies got the name.
At least 7,716 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Cathrine by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #962. The largest share of babies named Cathrine, 30.8%, 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. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Cathrine is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Cathrine has been most common in South Carolina (4×), Mississippi (3.3×), and Georgia (2.6×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.43×).
2,980 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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2 other first names also have 4,767 people.
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8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Cathrine, most common first.
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