Catherine

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Also spelled: Cathรฉrine (11)

Origin: French

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 โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

738
Total babies (all years)
63
Years in the data
29
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19423#43
195210#452
195311#549
195411#571
19558#658
195616#498
195716#512
195822#436
195925#435
196020#490
196117#537
196220#498
196318#540
196429#426
196521#520
196618#544
196710#716
196821#524
196922#509
197016#615
197120#523
197210#697
19738#759
197413#592
19759#696
19769#710
197710#663
197814#547
19799#711
19806#881
19818#786
19827#824
19837#840
198416#555
19859#767
198616#584
19877#874
198817#575
198912#701
199011#756
199119#592
199212#714
19939#835
19949#827
19958#880
199610#787
19979#828
19986#994
19995#1,075
200016#610
200113#669
20029#820
20039#798
200413#653
20054#1,126
20064#1,101
20075#1,001
20086#899
20095#965
20103#1,141
20113#1,122
20135#843
20154#15