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Catharina

Feminine

1948high 1989
#8860 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare11 girls in 2025

Catharina entered the US charts in 1948, peaked at #4376 in 1955, ranks #8860 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.

How old is the name Catharina?

Catharina first appears in US birth records in 1948 — 77 years ago. The typical Catharina alive today was born around 1990, making them about 35 years old. About 300 people named Catharina are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Catharina most popular?

Catharina peaked in 1955, reaching #4376 nationally. Today it ranks #8860, 4,484 places below that high. See the whole 1955 chart.

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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1948–20251470141119482025

US babies named Catharina per year from 1948 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#43761940s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1948
Most girls named
198914 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#4376reached in 1955
Change vs 2024
+120.0%11 in 2025, from 5
Catharina sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 1989, with 14 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Catharinas among us

300

people named Catharina are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 146,115 born in 2025 was named Catharina

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Catharina

#8860
Catharina on the 2025 chart
#931
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Catharina went to 11 girls in 2025, but Katharina is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 29, which makes it the 931st most-given girls’ name of the year — 7,929 places above the chart.

About 1 girl in 55,423 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 146,115 for Catharina itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Noriko test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Catharina's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Noriko climbed just as high around 1923, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Noriko's path sketches the road Catharina is walking now.

40%chance Catharina will feel dated by 2040
Catharina, aligned on its peakNoriko· peak 1923not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-10 yrs+70 yrsNoriko · #11349Catharina today
Catharina today is about where Noriko stood in 1993 — 70 years past a #4376-sized peak. By 2008, Noriko had settled around #13521.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Catharina sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Catharina beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Catharina in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Catharinathis name11#8860Lida11#8860Lauretta11#8860Dot11#8860Bonita11#8860

US girls given each name in 2025.

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Frequently asked

How many Catharinas are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Catharina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Catharina?
Catharina is one of 2 recorded spellings. Katharina is the more common one — 18 births in 2025 against 11 for Catharina.
How popular is the name Catharina in 2025?
Catharina ranks #8860 among US girl names in 2025, with 11 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Catharina?
About 1 in every 146,115 US girls born in 2025 was named Catharina — 11 in all.
Will my child share the name Catharina with classmates?
Catharina will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Catharina

Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.

Lida#8860 · Lauretta#8860 · Dot#8860 · Bonita#8860 · Benita#8860 · Trixie#8860 · Adna#8860 · Sue#8860

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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology

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