Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Catherine

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Catherine
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 92.1% from peak

Peak era

1956

Peak rank proxy

12,057

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19562024

Peak year

1956

Decline from peak

92.1%

2024

955

All-time

666,802

Catherine once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1956, when 12,057 girls were named Catherine.

In 2024, only 955 girls were given the name.

Down 92.1% from its peak.

All told, about 666,802 Americans have been named Catherine and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 92.1% from peak

195612,057 girls named Catherine

2024955 girls named Catherine

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