Feminine dossier · first seen 1913

Catherin

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1989

Peak era

1989

Peak births

143

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Peak generation

Millennial

Quick answers about Catherin

How many people are named Catherin?

An estimated 811 living Americans are named Catherin.

How rare is Catherin?

Catherin 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 Catherin?

The median age of a living American named Catherin is approximately 37 years, with most bearers falling between 25 and 57 years old.

Is Catherin still popular?

Not especially. Catherin has been declining since its 1989 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.

Where is Catherin most common?

Catherin has its strongest geographic signal in New York, where it appears 10.1× more often than the national baseline.

1913Peak 19892025

Peak year

1989

Decline from peak

100%

2025

All-time

1,121

Catherin fell hard after 1989. Within five years it had dropped 93% from its peak — one of the steepest post-peak collapses on record.

Catherin peaked in 1989, when 143 girls were given the name.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2025 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

In all, the Social Security Administration has recorded about 1,121 Americans named Catherin since 1913.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

Peak generationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1989

Living profile

872

Estimated living Americans with this name.

Median age37

Core range26–61

Playground Density Index 0.0%

Wave type

Glacier

A long-duration classic distributed across many generations.

Geographic heartland

New York

10.1× higher affinity than the national baseline.

New York · 1980s 10.1×