Feminine dossier · first seen 1896

Cathleen

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

Endangered Down 99.1% from peak

Peak era

1958

Peak rank proxy

1,159

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1896Peak 19582024

Peak year

1958

Decline from peak

99.1%

2024

All-time

29,912

Cathleen 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 1958, when 1,159 girls were named Cathleen.

In 2024, only 11 girls were given the name.

Down 99.1% from its peak.

All told, about 29,912 Americans have been named Cathleen and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1896.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.1% from peak

19581,159 girls named Cathleen

202411 girls named Cathleen

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