Cathan
Cathan is a name with a single cultural origin: Old Irish.
- Old Irish
Meaning & Origin of Cathan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Cathan is a name with a single cultural origin: Old Irish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Old Irish
The Story of Cathan
American parents first put Cathan on the record books as a baby boy name in 2001, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2007, when 11 Cathans were born — ranking #7,094 that year. About 52% of every Cathan on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Cathan last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 109 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Cathan
Cathan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2001 and has accumulated 109 births in the dataset. Cathan's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #7,094. Use the chart and map above to compare Cathan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.