Quick answers about Catharine
How many people are named Catharine?
An estimated 4,535 living Americans are named Catharine.
How rare is Catharine?
Catharine fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Catharine?
The median age of a living American named Catharine is approximately 55 years, with most bearers falling between 38 and 68 years old.
Is Catharine still popular?
Not especially. Catharine has been declining since its 1915 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Catharine most common?
Catharine has its strongest geographic signal in Pennsylvania, where it appears 4.4× more often than the national baseline.
1880Peak 19152025
Where it lives now
Catharine is most concentrated in Pennsylvania — about 3.8× the national rate in the 1930s.
States where Catharine is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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