Catherine

Girl · recorded 1880–2025

  • #313in 2025
  • 1 in 1,653girls in 2025
  • −40%last ten years
  • 2.6×in Alabama

Most popular in 1914.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

04,3428,68318801916195319892025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Catherine, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18807,561
18816,906
18826,732
18837,594
18846,774
18856,358
18866,338
18876,624
18886,785
18896,717
18906,471
18916,572
18926,278
18936,275
18946,415
18956,480
18966,700
18976,452
18986,589
18996,986
19006,942
19016,681
19027,180
19037,314
19047,198
19057,537
19067,552
19077,713
19088,226
19098,343
19107,972
19118,522
19128,360
19138,489
19148,683
19158,315
19168,109
19178,036
19187,638
19197,375
19207,409
19217,207
19227,108
19236,994
19246,696
19256,462
19266,301
19276,085
19285,991
19295,622
19305,595
19315,299
19325,106
19334,869
19344,724
19354,480
19364,361
19374,191
19384,101
19394,174
19404,009
19414,043
19423,899
19433,890
19443,960
19453,849
19464,052
19474,450
19484,855
19495,341
19505,636
19515,867
19525,961
19535,767
19545,705
19555,951
19566,005
19575,453
19585,353
19594,954
19604,716
19614,583
19624,422
19634,303
19644,347
19654,103
19664,114
19673,843
19683,736
19693,612
19703,434
19713,208
19723,080
19732,922
19742,851
19752,700
19762,580
19772,505
19782,584
19792,416
19802,457
19812,432
19822,420
19832,545
19842,518
19852,497
19862,473
19872,363
19882,529
19892,473
19902,578
19912,568
19922,460
19932,474
19942,297
19952,195
19962,133
19972,063
19981,896
19991,917
20002,094
20012,072
20021,832
20031,768
20041,732
20051,615
20061,469
20071,286
20081,228
20091,030
2010907
20111,101
20121,086
20131,065
20141,089
20151,012
2016942
2017917
2018886
2019782
2020714
2021612
2022598
2023581
2024590
2025605

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Alabama 2.6×
  2. Louisiana 2.2×
  3. Connecticut 2.1×
  4. South Carolina 2.1×
  5. North Carolina 1.7×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
972
Rank in 2025
#313
How rare
1 in 1,653 girls
Since 1880
667,789

Most popular in 1914, at 8,683 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 40% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Alabama2.6×86
Louisiana2.2×66
Connecticut2.1×43
South Carolina2.1×68
North Carolina1.7×140

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.