Catharine
Catharine is a feminine given name, a variation of Katherine or Catherine. Notable people with the name include:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Catharine
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Catharine is a feminine given name, a variation of Katherine or Catherine. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Catharine
American parents first put Catharine on the record books as a baby girl name in 1880, with 28 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1915, when 281 Catharines were born — ranking #357 that year. Catharine last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 13K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Catharine
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Catharine. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Catharine
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About the name Catharine
Catharine is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 13K births in the dataset. Catharine's peak popularity came in 1915 when it ranked #357. Use the chart and map above to compare Catharine'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 .
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