Cathern is a rare variant of Catherine that was most common in the 1930s and has all but disappeared.
Cathern is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1988. Cathern was first reported in SSA data in 1882 and peaked in 1930 (29 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 5 | — | #12,100 |
| 1985 | 5 | — | #10,908 |
| 1984 | 7 | — | #8,288 |
| 1982 | 6 | — | #9,397 |
| 1981 | 7 | — | #8,241 |
| 1978 | 8 | — | #7,040 |
| 1974 | 5 | — | #8,955 |
| 1973 | 7 | — | #6,759 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | #7,398 |
| 1971 | 5 | — | #8,493 |
| 1970 | 10 | — | #5,103 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | #7,140 |
| 1966 | 10 | — | #4,229 |
| 1965 | 9 | — | #4,540 |
| 1964 | 5 | — | #6,889 |
| 1963 | 8 | — | #4,937 |
| 1962 | 11 | — | #4,039 |
| 1961 | 10 | — | #4,291 |
| 1960 | 16 | — | #3,104 |
| 1959 | 9 | — | #4,338 |
| 1958 | 9 | — | #4,231 |
| 1957 | 22 | — | #2,423 |
| 1956 | 19 | — | #2,637 |
| 1955 | 20 | — | #2,482 |
| 1954 | 13 | — | #3,180 |
| 1953 | 18 | — | #2,525 |
| 1952 | 22 | — | #2,211 |
| 1951 | 16 | — | #2,591 |
| 1950 | 13 | — | #2,924 |
| 1949 | 21 | — | #2,146 |
| 1948 | 15 | — | #2,606 |
| 1947 | 19 | — | #2,290 |
| 1946 | 9 | — | #3,449 |
| 1945 | 12 | — | #2,620 |
| 1944 | 9 | — | #3,169 |
| 1943 | 17 | — | #2,163 |
| 1942 | 14 | — | #2,436 |
| 1941 | 16 | — | #2,105 |
| 1940 | 12 | — | #2,444 |
| 1939 | 16 | — | #2,049 |
| 1938 | 13 | — | #2,354 |
| 1937 | 14 | — | #2,211 |
| 1936 | 11 | — | #2,546 |
| 1935 | 15 | — | #2,116 |
| 1934 | 19 | — | #1,779 |
| 1933 | 16 | — | #1,980 |
| 1932 | 17 | — | #1,965 |
| 1931 | 15 | — | #2,123 |
| 1930 | 29 | — | #1,439 |
| 1929 | 20 | — | #1,839 |
| 1928 | 19 | — | #1,969 |
| 1927 | 26 | — | #1,626 |
| 1926 | 24 | — | #1,730 |
| 1925 | 21 | — | #1,901 |
| 1924 | 15 | — | #2,420 |
| 1923 | 25 | — | #1,684 |
| 1922 | 27 | — | #1,614 |
| 1921 | 25 | — | #1,729 |
| 1920 | 27 | — | #1,590 |
| 1919 | 20 | — | #1,866 |
| 1918 | 23 | — | #1,703 |
| 1917 | 21 | — | #1,723 |
| 1916 | 27 | — | #1,412 |
| 1915 | 17 | — | #1,894 |
| 1914 | 19 | — | #1,493 |
| 1913 | 12 | — | #1,790 |
| 1912 | 7 | — | #2,414 |
| 1911 | 9 | — | #1,684 |
| 1910 | 7 | — | #1,971 |
| 1909 | 9 | — | #1,493 |
| 1908 | 6 | — | #1,898 |
| 1903 | 5 | — | #1,838 |
| 1901 | 5 | — | #1,721 |
| 1900 | 5 | — | #1,977 |
| 1899 | 5 | — | #1,641 |
| 1897 | 5 | — | #1,587 |
| 1895 | 5 | — | #1,632 |
| 1889 | 7 | — | #1,040 |
| 1888 | 5 | — | #1,310 |
| 1887 | 6 | — | #1,051 |
| 1884 | 5 | — | #1,052 |
| 1882 | 6 | — | #828 |