Catherine

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Katherine, also spelled Catherine and other variations, is a feminine given name. The name and its variants are popular in countries where large Christian populations exist, because of its associations with one of the earliest Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria.

From Wikipedia

Catherine first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 48 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1963 with 893 babies (rank #8 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Catherine

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Catherine yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

11Destiny numberThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
2Soul urgeThe peacemakerDiplomatic, sensitive, partnership-minded.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
9PersonalityThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

18,648

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

893

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Also a character in

In Jane Austen: Catherine Morland — Northanger Abbey
In The Brontë Novels: Catherine Earnshaw — Emily's wild heart of Wuthering Heights

Famous people named Catherine

Catherine II of Russiaart collector · b. 1729
Catherine, Princess of Walesphilanthropist · b. 1982
Catherine Zeta-Jonesfilm actor · b. 1969
Catherine Deneuvefilm actor · b. 1943
Catherine of Alexandriamissionary · b. 287

More popular girls' names

Other girls' names starting with C

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1952	286	#33
1953	350	#28
1954	338	#29
1955	307	#32
1956	387	#22
1957	444	#20
1958	439	#20
1959	581	#10
1960	707	#16
1961	847	#12
1962	883	#9
1963	893	#8
1964	825	#9
1965	794	#10
1966	735	#11
1967	701	#12
1968	704	#11
1969	655	#15
1970	567	#19
1971	598	#19
1972	573	#18
1973	465	#27
1974	440	#25
1975	422	#24
1976	341	#34
1977	356	#28
1978	290	#37
1979	293	#38
1980	344	#29
1981	369	#31
1982	296	#39
1983	287	#43
1984	278	#40
1985	282	#38
1986	246	#47
1987	226	#50
1988	183	#68
1989	204	#61
1990	184	#63
1991	173	#67
1992	48	#113
1993	152	#86
1995	50	#107
2000	83	#94
2014	5	#315
2015	3	#433
2016	5	#307
2017	9	#168