1890s spelling families

Counted together, the Catherine family spellings would rank #9 in the decade's rankings for their sex. The most common spelling, Catherine, ranked #38 on its own.

Yearly data for the Catherine family family

Yearly SSA births by spelling variant, 1890–1899

Year	Catherine	Katherine	Katharine	Kathryn	Combined
1890	1,232	900	119	474	2,725
1891	1,219	803	117	504	2,643
1892	1,333	961	123	549	2,966
1893	1,336	963	128	534	2,961
1894	1,430	948	140	520	3,038
1895	1,514	968	145	585	3,212
1896	1,594	1,047	151	625	3,417
1897	1,511	962	145	570	3,188
1898	1,705	914	125	671	3,415
1899	1,628	942	104	621	3,295

Catherine family spelling variants, ranked separately and as a group

Variant	1890s births	Decade rank	Share of family
Catherine	14,502	#38	47.0%
Katherine	9,408	#64	30.5%
Katharine	1,297	#239	4.2%
Kathryn	5,653	#89	18.3%

Why these are grouped: Catherine, Katherine, Katharine, Kathryn, and qualifying Cathryn forms are established orthographic variants; this reviewed grouping combines separately ranked spellings without treating their bearers as interchangeable.

Counted together, the Sarah family spellings would rank #23 in the decade's rankings for their sex. The most common spelling, Sarah, ranked #31 on its own.

Yearly data for the Sarah family family

Yearly SSA births by spelling variant, 1890–1899

Year	Sarah	Sara	Combined
1890	1,786	262	2,048
1891	1,669	260	1,929
1892	1,798	276	2,074
1893	1,632	290	1,922
1894	1,701	304	2,005
1895	1,777	363	2,140
1896	1,691	326	2,017
1897	1,713	353	2,066
1898	1,800	362	2,162
1899	1,587	323	1,910

Sarah family spelling variants, ranked separately and as a group

Variant	1890s births	Decade rank	Share of family
Sarah	17,154	#31	84.6%
Sara	3,119	#140	15.4%

Why these are grouped: Sarah and Sara differ by the established final-h spelling convention; the reviewed family shows their combined footprint while preserving both separate SSA entries.