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 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1996 with 880 babies (rank #68 that year). It was not in the 2024 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.

7,592

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

880

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
1996	880	#68
1997	736	#74
1998	645	#85
1999	614	#85
2000	536	#96
2001	488	#98
2002	433	#109
2003	408	#123
2004	323	#166
2005	269	#188
2006	271	#189
2007	246	#210
2008	201	#247
2009	180	#267
2010	166	#290
2011	217	#233
2012	232	#216
2013	218	#230
2014	179	#267
2015	187	#263
2016	163	#305