Catrin
Catrin is a name with multiple cultural origins: Welsh, German.
- Welsh
- German
Meaning & Origin of Catrin
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Catrin is a name with multiple cultural origins: Welsh, German.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Welsh
- German
The Story of Catrin
American parents first put Catrin on the record books as a baby girl name in 1990, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2001, when 9 Catrins were born — ranking #10,102 that year. About 51% of every Catrin on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Catrin last appeared in the published SSA data in 2006, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 39 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Catrin
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About the name Catrin
Catrin is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1990 and has accumulated 39 births in the dataset. Catrin's peak popularity came in 2001 when it ranked #10,102. Use the chart and map above to compare Catrin'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.