Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls
Origin: EnglishKatherine, 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
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Katherine yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Six nicknames and all of them good. Kate, Katie, Kat, Kathy, Kit, Kay. We gave her the full Katherine and told her she could try them all. She's been Kate since she was about four and has shown no signs of reconsidering.
— William, Boston MA, 2014
Katherine of Aragon, Katherine Hepburn, Katherine Mansfield — the name has been owned by women worth knowing for a thousand years. That mattered to us.
— Susan, Oxford (moved to New York NY), 2017
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Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 502 | #53 |
| 1881 | 504 | #52 |
| 1882 | 591 | #52 |
| 1883 | 583 | #56 |
| 1884 | 671 | #55 |
| 1885 | 751 | #50 |
| 1886 | 744 | #54 |
| 1887 | 794 | #53 |
| 1888 | 893 | #56 |
| 1889 | 889 | #56 |
| 1890 | 900 | #59 |
| 1891 | 803 | #62 |
| 1892 | 961 | #60 |
| 1893 | 963 | #62 |
| 1894 | 948 | #64 |
| 1895 | 968 | #65 |
| 1896 | 1,047 | #61 |
| 1897 | 962 | #65 |
| 1898 | 914 | #69 |
| 1899 | 942 | #65 |
| 1900 | 1,201 | #65 |
| 1901 | 890 | #71 |
| 1902 | 1,004 | #68 |
| 1903 | 1,015 | #66 |
| 1904 | 1,128 | #63 |
| 1905 | 1,190 | #64 |
| 1906 | 1,277 | #56 |
| 1907 | 1,413 | #55 |
| 1908 | 1,430 | #55 |
| 1909 | 1,557 | #53 |
| 1910 | 1,752 | #57 |
| 1911 | 1,858 | #55 |
| 1912 | 2,546 | #53 |
| 1913 | 2,794 | #54 |
| 1914 | 3,652 | #48 |
| 1915 | 4,488 | #49 |
| 1916 | 4,801 | #51 |
| 1917 | 4,956 | #49 |
| 1918 | 5,191 | #50 |
| 1919 | 4,846 | #51 |
| 1920 | 5,276 | #45 |
| 1921 | 5,156 | #49 |
| 1922 | 4,827 | #54 |
| 1923 | 4,579 | #60 |
| 1924 | 4,695 | #59 |
| 1925 | 4,240 | #61 |
| 1926 | 3,834 | #72 |
| 1927 | 3,724 | #73 |
| 1928 | 3,398 | #75 |
| 1929 | 3,016 | #84 |
| 1930 | 3,033 | #85 |
| 1931 | 2,624 | #92 |
| 1932 | 2,588 | #95 |
| 1933 | 2,330 | #100 |
| 1934 | 2,388 | #101 |
| 1935 | 2,340 | #103 |
| 1936 | 2,355 | #100 |
| 1937 | 2,484 | #103 |
| 1938 | 2,575 | #105 |
| 1939 | 2,476 | #101 |
| 1940 | 2,709 | #91 |
| 1941 | 3,004 | #85 |
| 1942 | 3,376 | #81 |
| 1943 | 3,616 | #78 |
| 1944 | 3,525 | #77 |
| 1945 | 3,392 | #82 |
| 1946 | 4,196 | #78 |
| 1947 | 4,885 | #76 |
| 1948 | 5,169 | #68 |
| 1949 | 6,039 | #59 |
| 1950 | 6,205 | #58 |
| 1951 | 6,930 | #55 |
| 1952 | 6,891 | #59 |
| 1953 | 6,559 | #63 |
| 1954 | 6,740 | #64 |
| 1955 | 7,240 | #65 |
| 1956 | 7,081 | #67 |
| 1957 | 6,637 | #72 |
| 1958 | 6,433 | #74 |
| 1959 | 6,138 | #79 |
| 1960 | 5,876 | #81 |
| 1961 | 5,632 | #86 |
| 1962 | 5,271 | #84 |
| 1963 | 5,125 | #87 |
| 1964 | 5,073 | #82 |
| 1965 | 4,706 | #79 |
| 1966 | 4,492 | #78 |
| 1967 | 4,561 | #76 |
| 1968 | 4,715 | #75 |
| 1969 | 5,167 | #70 |
| 1970 | 5,443 | #67 |
| 1971 | 5,122 | #67 |
| 1972 | 4,511 | #69 |
| 1973 | 4,419 | #64 |
| 1974 | 4,532 | #62 |
| 1975 | 4,852 | #58 |
| 1976 | 5,053 | #57 |
| 1977 | 6,030 | #44 |
| 1978 | 6,625 | #38 |
| 1979 | 7,465 | #36 |
| 1980 | 8,018 | #35 |
| 1981 | 8,433 | #39 |
| 1982 | 9,180 | #36 |
| 1983 | 9,683 | #34 |
| 1984 | 10,156 | #30 |
| 1985 | 10,129 | #32 |
| 1986 | 10,570 | #28 |
| 1987 | 10,438 | #28 |
| 1988 | 11,154 | #27 |
| 1989 | 11,415 | #26 |
| 1990 | 11,627 | #26 |
| 1991 | 11,495 | #25 |
| 1992 | 11,149 | #27 |
| 1993 | 10,506 | #29 |
| 1994 | 9,586 | #30 |
| 1995 | 8,987 | #30 |
| 1996 | 8,878 | #31 |
| 1997 | 8,517 | #32 |
| 1998 | 8,205 | #33 |
| 1999 | 7,935 | #36 |
| 2000 | 8,109 | #33 |
| 2001 | 7,880 | #35 |
| 2002 | 7,212 | #36 |
| 2003 | 7,126 | #35 |
| 2004 | 6,742 | #35 |
| 2005 | 6,392 | #36 |
| 2006 | 6,295 | #37 |
| 2007 | 5,818 | #39 |
| 2008 | 5,350 | #45 |
| 2009 | 4,431 | #60 |
| 2010 | 3,869 | #70 |
| 2011 | 4,189 | #61 |
| 2012 | 3,953 | #64 |
| 2013 | 3,723 | #77 |
| 2014 | 3,689 | #82 |
| 2015 | 3,454 | #84 |
| 2016 | 3,275 | #91 |
| 2017 | 2,861 | #105 |
| 2018 | 2,676 | #112 |
| 2019 | 2,450 | #120 |
| 2020 | 1,991 | #136 |
| 2021 | 1,819 | #157 |
| 2022 | 1,738 | #166 |
| 2023 | 1,703 | #170 |
| 2024 | 1,740 | #175 |
