Cathleen is an established girls' name that peaked in 1958 and has since faded.
Cathleen is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #9,581 for girl births in the United States (and #16,259 across all names), given to 10 babies. Cathleen was first reported in SSA data in 1896 and peaked in 1958 (1,159 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 10 | #9,581 | — |
| 2024 | 12 | 12 | #8,557 | — |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 | #12,402 | — |
| 2022 | 13 | 13 | #8,129 | — |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 | #9,090 | — |
| 2020 | 11 | 11 | #9,062 | — |
| 2019 | 8 | 8 | #11,577 | — |
| 2018 | 13 | 13 | #8,243 | — |
| 2017 | 18 | 18 | #6,596 | — |
| 2016 | 16 | 16 | #7,327 | — |
| 2015 | 21 | 21 | #6,069 | — |
| 2014 | 27 | 27 | #5,053 | — |
| 2013 | 33 | 33 | #4,348 | — |
| 2012 | 16 | 16 | #7,523 | — |
| 2011 | 29 | 29 | #4,830 | — |
| 2010 | 21 | 21 | #6,225 | — |
| 2009 | 46 | 46 | #3,522 | — |
| 2008 | 44 | 44 | #3,658 | — |
| 2007 | 45 | 45 | #3,613 | — |
| 2006 | 38 | 38 | #3,942 | — |
| 2005 | 42 | 42 | #3,523 | — |
| 2004 | 43 | 43 | #3,452 | — |
| 2003 | 43 | 43 | #3,365 | — |
| 2002 | 52 | 52 | #2,860 | — |
| 2001 | 52 | 52 | #2,816 | — |
| 2000 | 56 | 56 | #2,638 | — |
| 1999 | 74 | 74 | #2,076 | — |
| 1998 | 65 | 65 | #2,195 | — |
| 1997 | 75 | — | #1,931 | — |
| 1996 | 77 | — | #1,884 | — |
| 1995 | 72 | — | #1,922 | — |
| 1994 | 115 | — | #1,402 | — |
| 1993 | 109 | — | #1,462 | — |
| 1992 | 115 | — | #1,419 | — |
| 1991 | 125 | — | #1,323 | — |
| 1990 | 129 | — | #1,265 | — |
| 1989 | 140 | — | #1,168 | — |
| 1988 | 151 | — | #1,055 | — |
| 1987 | 162 | — | #975 | — |
| 1986 | 178 | — | #906 | — |
| 1985 | 189 | — | #853 | — |
| 1984 | 177 | — | #862 | — |
| 1983 | 177 | — | #860 | — |
| 1982 | 203 | — | #794 | — |
| 1981 | 197 | — | #809 | — |
| 1980 | 186 | — | #840 | — |
| 1979 | 214 | — | #755 | — |
| 1978 | 220 | — | #717 | — |
| 1977 | 270 | — | #621 | — |
| 1976 | 214 | — | #692 | — |
| 1975 | 261 | — | #608 | — |
| 1974 | 317 | — | #528 | — |
| 1973 | 367 | — | #486 | — |
| 1972 | 428 | — | #443 | — |
| 1971 | 534 | — | #401 | — |
| 1970 | 636 | — | #375 | — |
| 1969 | 670 | — | #349 | — |
| 1968 | 612 | — | #364 | — |
| 1967 | 734 | — | #322 | — |
| 1966 | 831 | — | #307 | — |
| 1965 | 886 | — | #301 | — |
| 1964 | 1,010 | — | #288 | #4,133 |
| 1963 | 822 | — | #327 | — |
| 1962 | 848 | — | #322 | — |
| 1961 | 931 | — | #302 | — |
| 1960 | 950 | — | #304 | — |
| 1959 | 1,016 | — | #279 | — |
| 1958 | 1,159 | — | #255 | — |
| 1957 | 1,071 | — | #264 | — |
| 1956 | 1,115 | — | #251 | — |
| 1955 | 1,008 | — | #268 | — |
| 1954 | 870 | — | #287 | — |
| 1953 | 822 | — | #292 | #3,894 |
| 1952 | 877 | — | #272 | — |
| 1951 | 772 | — | #282 | — |
| 1950 | 759 | — | #280 | — |
| 1949 | 733 | — | #285 | — |
| 1948 | 653 | — | #300 | — |
| 1947 | 568 | — | #334 | — |
| 1946 | 356 | — | #405 | — |
| 1945 | 311 | — | #403 | — |
| 1944 | 287 | — | #423 | — |
| 1943 | 199 | — | #534 | — |
| 1942 | 182 | — | #551 | — |
| 1941 | 136 | — | #604 | — |
| 1940 | 116 | — | #645 | — |
| 1939 | 85 | — | #740 | — |
| 1938 | 64 | — | #875 | — |
| 1937 | 61 | — | #883 | — |
| 1936 | 45 | — | #1,041 | — |
| 1935 | 61 | — | #885 | — |
| 1934 | 57 | — | #905 | — |
| 1933 | 50 | — | #974 | — |
| 1932 | 70 | — | #816 | — |
| 1931 | 49 | — | #997 | — |
| 1930 | 57 | — | #971 | — |
| 1929 | 56 | — | #959 | — |
| 1928 | 67 | — | #896 | — |
| 1927 | 53 | — | #1,058 | — |
| 1926 | 73 | — | #867 | — |
| 1925 | 73 | — | #871 | — |
| 1924 | 73 | — | #880 | — |
| 1923 | 78 | — | #828 | — |
| 1922 | 61 | — | #952 | — |
| 1921 | 56 | — | #1,004 | — |
| 1920 | 51 | — | #1,042 | — |
| 1919 | 46 | — | #1,077 | — |
| 1918 | 44 | — | #1,106 | — |
| 1917 | 41 | — | #1,113 | — |
| 1916 | 49 | — | #980 | — |
| 1915 | 33 | — | #1,200 | — |
| 1914 | 28 | — | #1,154 | — |
| 1913 | 24 | — | #1,126 | — |
| 1912 | 30 | — | #924 | — |
| 1911 | 23 | — | #903 | — |
| 1910 | 27 | — | #833 | — |
| 1909 | 16 | — | #1,018 | — |
| 1908 | 7 | — | #1,703 | — |
| 1907 | 13 | — | #1,100 | — |
| 1906 | 17 | — | #900 | — |
| 1905 | 11 | — | #1,173 | — |
| 1904 | 18 | — | #855 | — |
| 1903 | 13 | — | #984 | — |
| 1902 | 18 | — | #821 | — |
| 1901 | 5 | — | #1,722 | — |
| 1900 | 6 | — | #1,758 | — |
| 1899 | 8 | — | #1,189 | — |
| 1896 | 8 | — | #1,226 | — |