Girl name#1,050 of girl names
Cathryn
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1956
- 143 years in use
How popular is Cathryn?
Cathryn is a girls' name, and first appears in 1882. It has been given to 16,322 children — the 1,050th most common girls' name on record.
It is still recorded, but barely: 299 births across the past decade, against a peak of 368 in a single year. That peak was in 1956.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Names like Cathryn
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Cathryn
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Cathryn?
- Cathryn ranks 1,050th among girls' names in US records, with 16,322 births since 1882. Over the past decade it accounts for 299.
- Is Cathryn a unisex name?
- No. Cathryn is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Cathryn most popular?
- 1956, when 368 children were given the name. It has been in use for 143 years and is still recorded as of 2024.