Catherine
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Catherine
Catherine is one of the oldest and most consistently well-used girls’ names, with endless variations and nicknames. The Catherine form feels more gently old-fashioned and feminine than the more popular K versions. Most stylish nickname for Catherine right now: Kate...or Cate, a la Blanchett.
While the popularity of the Catherine form has been waning in favor of Katherine with a K, we think that might turn around since Catherine Middleton, who reportedly hates the name Kate and never uses it, became the wife of Prince William and put a modern, stylish gloss on her already classy name.
The Catherine spelling was a Top 100 name until the millennium; it reached as high as Number 18 in the 19-teens.
Catherine has been well used throughout history for saints (one of whom, Catherine of Alexandria is the patron saint of philosophers, students, craftsmen, nurses,and librarians), queens, and commoners alike.
Catherine has also been associated with some of the great romantic heroines of literature, including Heathcliff's love in Wuthering Heights and the passionate nurse Catherine Barkley in Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms.
And if your're wondering why all those interchangeable C's and K's, it's because when the name was introduced into Anglo-Saxon Britain, Catherine was spelled with a C because the letter K did not yet exist in the English alphabet.
Parents may also want to consider one of the attractive foreign variations, such as Caterina.
Catherine is also given to boys.
Pronounced KATH-rin; KATH-ur-in.
As of October 2026, Catherine ranked #314 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #18 in 1917, Nameberry popularity #107.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #170 | 1,944 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #177 | 1,807 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #196 | 1,668 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #198 | 1,584 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #205 | 1,506 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #241 | 1,312 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #267 | 1,155 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #323 | 1,004 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #328 | 981 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #330 | 933 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #320 | 955 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #314 | 972 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Catherine for girls
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Catherine on lists
Famous Catherines
- Saint Catherine of AlexandriaGirl
4th century Roman martyr
- Saint Catherine of SienaGirl
Italian nun
- Catherine I (born Marta Helena Skowrońska)Girl
Empress of Russia; wife of Peter the Great
- Catherine II "The Great" (born Sophie Friederike Auguste von AnhaltGirl
Zerbst,Dornburg), Empress of Russia
- CatherineGirl
Queen of Navarre in her own right
- Catherine of ValoisGirl
Queen consort of Henry V of England
- Catherine of AragonGirl
first Queen consort of Henry VIII of England
- Catherine HowardGirl
fifth Queen consort of Henry VIII of England
- Catherine ParrGirl
sixth Queen consort of Henry VIII of England
- Catherine of BraganzaGirl
Queen consort of Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland
- Catherine Elizabeth "Kate" MiddletonGirl
Duchess of Cambridge, wife of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge
- Catherine (Caterina Maria Romula di Lorenzo) de' MediciGirl
Queen consort of Henry II of France
- Catherine of LancasterGirl
Queen consort of Henry III of Castile
- Catherine Sunadotter of YmseborgGirl
Queen consort of Eric XI of Sweden and the Goths
- Catherine of BjurumGirl
Queen consort of Charles VIII and I of Sweden and Norway
- Catherine of SaxeGirl
Lauenburg, first Queen consort of Gustav I of Sweden
- Catherine StenbockGirl
second Queen consort of Gustav I of Sweden
- Catherine JagiellonGirl
Queen consort of John III of Sweden
- Catherine of AustriaGirl
Queen consort of John III of Portugal
- Catherine of AustriaGirl
Queen consort of Sigismund II Augustus of Poland
- Catherine of BosniaGirl
Queen consort of Stephen Thomas of Bosnia
- Catherine Ann "Kate" BosworthGirl
American actress
- Catherine Elise "Cate" BlanchettGirl
Australian actress
- Catherine Ann KeenerGirl
American actress
- Catherine ZetaGirl
Jones, Welsh actress
- Catherine "Kate" BushGirl
English singer,songwriter
- Catherine "Kate" CeberanoGirl
Australian singer,songwriter
- Catherine OxenbergGirl
American actress; daughter of Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia
- Catherine Fabienne Dorleac DeneuveGirl
French actress
- Catherine Lisa BellGirl
American actress
- Catherine Lucy HawkingGirl
English journalist and novelist
- Catherine TateGirl
British actress
- Catherine JinksGirl
Australian author
- Catherine CurtinGirl
American actress
- Catherine Judith "Kate" MarkowitzGirl
American singer,songwriter
- Catherine Joan "Kate" WilkinsonGirl
New Zealand politician
- Catherine Winifred "Kate" HarcourtGirl
New Zealand actress
- Catherine Elizabeth "Kate" PiersonGirl
singer of American band The B,52's
- Catherine "Kate" GreenawayGirl
English children's author
- Catherine Davis "Kate" HigginsGirl
American voice actress
- Catherine "Catt" SadlerGirl
American entertainment news reporter
- Catherine TateGirl
English comedienne
- Catherine BoothGirl
English co,founder of the Salvation Army
- Catherine CareyGirl
Lady Knollys, cousin and Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth I
- Catherine WilloughbyGirl
12th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
- Catherine SeymourGirl
Countess of Hertford, sister of Lady Jane Grey
- Catherine Thomson "Kate" DickensGirl
wife of novelist Charles Dickens
- Catherine SkinnerGirl
Australian sport shooter
- Catherine O’HaraGirl
Canadian actress
- Catherine Elizabeth "Cate" EdwardsGirl
attorney and daughter of former U.S. Senator John Edwards
- Catherine PaizGirl
YouTuber from "The ACE Family"
Catherine in pop culture
- Lady Catherine de Bourgh and Catherine "Kitty" BennetGirl
two characters from Jane Austen's "Pride & Prejudice"
- Catherine "Cathy" EarnshawGirl
character in Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights"
- Catherine LintonGirl
daughter of Catherine Earnshaw, character in "Wuthering Heights"
- Catherine BarkleyGirl
main love interest in Ernest Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms"
- CatherineGirl
minor character in "The Great Gatsby"
- Catherine WillowsGirl
character from TV's 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'
- Catherine TramellGirl
main character in movie 'Basic Instinct'
- "CatherineGirl
" Atlus video game and main character
- Catherine Leigh DollangangerGirl
from the Dollanganger Saga by V.C. Andrews
- Catherine MorlandGirl
character from Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey
- Catherine ChandlerGirl
character from TV's "Beauty And The Beast"
- Catherine MartellGirl
character on TV's "Twin Peaks"
- "CatherineGirl
" series of novels by Juliette Benzoni
- Catherine RollinsGirl
character on TV's 'Hawaii Five,0'
- Lavinia Catherine SwireGirl
character from Downton Abbey
- Catherine "Charlie" DemarcoGirl
character from the TV Series Graceland
- Catherine Jane "Cat" GrantGirl
character on TV's "Supergirl"
- Catherine MeyerGirl
Selina's daughter on TV's "Veep"
- Catherine Wilder (née Henderson)Girl
character in Marvel Universe
- CatherineGirl
character in Fire Emblem Three Houses video game
Variations & nicknames
- CathyGirl
- CateGirl
- KateGirl
- CatGirl
- CaitlinnGirl
- CaityGirl
- CarenGirl
- CarriGirl
- CarrinGirl
- CarynGirl
- CarynnGirl
- CassGirl
- CasseyGirl
- CassiGirl
- CassieGirl
- CatainaGirl
- CataleenaGirl
- CatarenaGirl
- CaterinGirl
- CaterineGirl
- CateyGirl
- CathaGirl
- CathaleenGirl
- CathalineGirl
- CatharenGirl
- CatharinGirl
- CatharynGirl
- CatharynaGirl
- CatharyneGirl
- CatheGirl
- CatheeGirl
- CathelinGirl
- CathenneGirl
- CatherenGirl
- CathereneGirl
- CatheriaGirl
- CatherinGirl
- CatherinaGirl
- CatherinnGirl
- CatherynGirl
- CatheyGirl
- CathiGirl
- CathieGirl
- CathirinGirl
- CathirynGirl
- CathleenGirl
- CathleneGirl
- CathlineGirl
- CathrinnGirl
- CathrynGirl
- CatinaGirl
- CatlainaGirl
- CatreekaGirl
- CatreenaGirl
- CatrelleGirl
- CatriceGirl
- CatriciaGirl
- CatrikaGirl
- CatrineGirl
- KaitGirl
- KaiteyGirl
- KaitieGirl
- KaitlinGirl
- KaitlinneGirl
- KaitrinGirl
- KaitrineGirl
- KaitrinnaGirl
- KaitrionaGirl
- KaitrionaghGirl
- KaityGirl
- KatGirl
- KataleenGirl
- KatalinaGirl
- KatchenGirl
- KateeGirl
- KatelleGirl
- KateyGirl
- KathaGirl
- KatharynGirl
- KatherinGirl
- KatherinaGirl
- KatherineGirl
- KatherynGirl
- KatherynnGirl
- KathiGirl
- KathieGirl
- KathileenGirl
- KathirynGirl
- KathleenGirl
- KathleneGirl
- KathleynGirl
- KathlineGirl
- KathrineGirl
- KathrinnaGirl
- KathrynGirl
- KathryneGirl
- KathyGirl
- KathyleenGirl
- KathyrineGirl
- KaticaGirl
- KatieGirl
- KatinaGirl
- KatinkaGirl
- TrinaGirl
- TrinetteGirl