Cathryn is an established girls' name that peaked in 1956 and has since faded.
Cathryn is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #11,135 for girl births in the United States (and #18,759 across all names), given to 8 babies. Cathryn was first reported in SSA data in 1882 and peaked in 1956 (368 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 8 | #11,135 |
| 2024 | 17 | 17 | #6,685 |
| 2023 | 13 | 13 | #8,145 |
| 2022 | 16 | 16 | #7,048 |
| 2021 | 29 | 29 | #4,641 |
| 2020 | 20 | 20 | #5,902 |
| 2019 | 39 | 39 | #3,809 |
| 2018 | 25 | 25 | #5,196 |
| 2017 | 38 | 38 | #3,932 |
| 2016 | 40 | 40 | #3,796 |
| 2015 | 64 | 64 | #2,748 |
| 2014 | 58 | 58 | #2,935 |
| 2013 | 53 | 53 | #3,087 |
| 2012 | 55 | 55 | #3,054 |
| 2011 | 61 | 61 | #2,846 |
| 2010 | 59 | 59 | #2,911 |
| 2009 | 48 | 48 | #3,421 |
| 2008 | 96 | 96 | #2,108 |
| 2007 | 91 | 91 | #2,181 |
| 2006 | 84 | 84 | #2,272 |
| 2005 | 113 | 113 | #1,743 |
| 2004 | 107 | 107 | #1,782 |
| 2003 | 102 | 102 | #1,823 |
| 2002 | 103 | 103 | #1,753 |
| 2001 | 124 | 124 | #1,510 |
| 2000 | 154 | 154 | #1,266 |
| 1999 | 130 | 130 | #1,360 |
| 1998 | 107 | 107 | #1,552 |
| 1997 | 135 | — | #1,292 |
| 1996 | 155 | — | #1,172 |
| 1995 | 144 | — | #1,192 |
| 1994 | 147 | — | #1,199 |
| 1993 | 141 | — | #1,230 |
| 1992 | 152 | — | #1,159 |
| 1991 | 183 | — | #1,011 |
| 1990 | 157 | — | #1,111 |
| 1989 | 154 | — | #1,088 |
| 1988 | 177 | — | #949 |
| 1987 | 146 | — | #1,053 |
| 1986 | 161 | — | #981 |
| 1985 | 163 | — | #952 |
| 1984 | 155 | — | #945 |
| 1983 | 157 | — | #944 |
| 1982 | 134 | — | #1,070 |
| 1981 | 142 | — | #1,017 |
| 1980 | 135 | — | #1,054 |
| 1979 | 131 | — | #1,057 |
| 1978 | 135 | — | #1,009 |
| 1977 | 126 | — | #1,046 |
| 1976 | 106 | — | #1,123 |
| 1975 | 118 | — | #1,022 |
| 1974 | 104 | — | #1,115 |
| 1973 | 116 | — | #1,012 |
| 1972 | 145 | — | #877 |
| 1971 | 174 | — | #805 |
| 1970 | 197 | — | #749 |
| 1969 | 178 | — | #754 |
| 1968 | 165 | — | #779 |
| 1967 | 201 | — | #683 |
| 1966 | 187 | — | #718 |
| 1965 | 168 | — | #764 |
| 1964 | 194 | — | #748 |
| 1963 | 219 | — | #680 |
| 1962 | 212 | — | #709 |
| 1961 | 236 | — | #673 |
| 1960 | 255 | — | #633 |
| 1959 | 272 | — | #602 |
| 1958 | 318 | — | #543 |
| 1957 | 303 | — | #551 |
| 1956 | 368 | — | #485 |
| 1955 | 335 | — | #504 |
| 1954 | 347 | — | #479 |
| 1953 | 321 | — | #481 |
| 1952 | 351 | — | #456 |
| 1951 | 336 | — | #453 |
| 1950 | 320 | — | #451 |
| 1949 | 292 | — | #470 |
| 1948 | 265 | — | #501 |
| 1947 | 248 | — | #534 |
| 1946 | 160 | — | #626 |
| 1945 | 135 | — | #626 |
| 1944 | 122 | — | #674 |
| 1943 | 127 | — | #673 |
| 1942 | 113 | — | #702 |
| 1941 | 94 | — | #729 |
| 1940 | 81 | — | #787 |
| 1939 | 61 | — | #899 |
| 1938 | 72 | — | #831 |
| 1937 | 72 | — | #810 |
| 1936 | 75 | — | #780 |
| 1935 | 85 | — | #730 |
| 1934 | 93 | — | #694 |
| 1933 | 84 | — | #709 |
| 1932 | 78 | — | #765 |
| 1931 | 84 | — | #736 |
| 1930 | 94 | — | #718 |
| 1929 | 97 | — | #712 |
| 1928 | 80 | — | #800 |
| 1927 | 125 | — | #644 |
| 1926 | 114 | — | #682 |
| 1925 | 110 | — | #704 |
| 1924 | 135 | — | #644 |
| 1923 | 132 | — | #640 |
| 1922 | 128 | — | #648 |
| 1921 | 148 | — | #594 |
| 1920 | 118 | — | #665 |
| 1919 | 113 | — | #655 |
| 1918 | 142 | — | #596 |
| 1917 | 142 | — | #567 |
| 1916 | 119 | — | #619 |
| 1915 | 136 | — | #549 |
| 1914 | 102 | — | #553 |
| 1913 | 81 | — | #567 |
| 1912 | 60 | — | #641 |
| 1911 | 47 | — | #626 |
| 1910 | 39 | — | #682 |
| 1909 | 31 | — | #719 |
| 1908 | 40 | — | #593 |
| 1907 | 31 | — | #680 |
| 1906 | 19 | — | #849 |
| 1905 | 26 | — | #701 |
| 1904 | 18 | — | #856 |
| 1903 | 19 | — | #791 |
| 1902 | 18 | — | #822 |
| 1901 | 23 | — | #663 |
| 1900 | 17 | — | #924 |
| 1899 | 19 | — | #731 |
| 1898 | 23 | — | #680 |
| 1897 | 18 | — | #741 |
| 1896 | 30 | — | #554 |
| 1895 | 24 | — | #624 |
| 1894 | 13 | — | #860 |
| 1893 | 13 | — | #829 |
| 1892 | 23 | — | #581 |
| 1891 | 12 | — | #803 |
| 1890 | 8 | — | #1,019 |
| 1889 | 18 | — | #602 |
| 1888 | 11 | — | #800 |
| 1887 | 8 | — | #873 |
| 1885 | 9 | — | #752 |
| 1884 | 9 | — | #741 |
| 1883 | 14 | — | #524 |
| 1882 | 5 | — | #931 |