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Catherine

Girl's name · #314 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Catherine has held steady since 1880, standing at #314 in 2025. It held the national top 100 for more than a century without a break.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 39 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#266 in N. Ireland (2025) · #277 in Ireland (2025) · #396 in Scotland (2025) · #592 in England & Wales (2025) · #871 in Belgium (2025) · #929 in Mexico (2024) · #1,128 in France (2025) · #1,407 in Austria (2025) · #1,482 in Switzerland (2025) · #428 in Canada (2024).

Famous Catherines

• Catherine II of Russia — Russian monarch (1729–1796)
• Catherine Zeta-Jones — British actress
• Catherine Deneuve — French actress (born 1943)
• Catherine de' Medici — Queen-consort and regent of France (1519–1589)
• Catherine of Aragon — First wife of Henry VIII of England (1485–1536)

In stories & tradition

• Catherine Willows — CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV series)
• Catherine Earnshaw — Wuthering Heights (book)
• Catherine Tramell — Basic Instinct (film)

What Catherines become

Among 3,919 notable people named Catherine:

Scientists & scholars appear 1.29× more often than among typical names — e.g. Catherine Coleman, American astronaut, chemist, United States Air Force officer.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variants Katherine (#186) and Kathryn (#729), Catherine would rank around #82 with about 3,000 births last year — the newborns split about 55/32/13 across Katherine, Catherine, and Kathryn.

About 540 girls a year are given Katie as their full name.

Similar names: Katherine · Anne · Kathryn · Jacqueline · Margaret · Corinne

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