Catherine

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Also spelled: Cathérine (11)

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 1942 and has been recorded in 63 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1964 with 29 babies (rank #426 that year). It was not in the 2017 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.

738

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

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
1942	3	#43
1952	10	#452
1953	11	#549
1954	11	#571
1955	8	#658
1956	16	#498
1957	16	#512
1958	22	#436
1959	25	#435
1960	20	#490
1961	17	#537
1962	20	#498
1963	18	#540
1964	29	#426
1965	21	#520
1966	18	#544
1967	10	#716
1968	21	#524
1969	22	#509
1970	16	#615
1971	20	#523
1972	10	#697
1973	8	#759
1974	13	#592
1975	9	#696
1976	9	#710
1977	10	#663
1978	14	#547
1979	9	#711
1980	6	#881
1981	8	#786
1982	7	#824
1983	7	#840
1984	16	#555
1985	9	#767
1986	16	#584
1987	7	#874
1988	17	#575
1989	12	#701
1990	11	#756
1991	19	#592
1992	12	#714
1993	9	#835
1994	9	#827
1995	8	#880
1996	10	#787
1997	9	#828
1998	6	#994
1999	5	#1,075
2000	16	#610
2001	13	#669
2002	9	#820
2003	9	#798
2004	13	#653
2005	4	#1,126
2006	4	#1,101
2007	5	#1,001
2008	6	#899
2009	5	#965
2010	3	#1,141
2011	3	#1,122
2013	5	#843
2015	4	#15