Cathleen
Cathleen is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 11 births. Its best rank was 251st, in 1956.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 110.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19581,159 births
- Best rank
- #251in 1956
- Since 1896
- 29,912people given the name
The story in the numbers
29,912 girls have been named Cathleen in the United States since 1896, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1958, with 1,159 births.
The name has all but left use: 11 births in 2024, against 1,159 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1960, and the 1950s alone account for 32%. It has spent 72 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Cathleen | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 16 | |
| 1900s | 124 | |
| 1910s | 345 | |
| 1920s | 641 | |
| 1930s | 599 | |
| 1940s | 3,541 | |
| 1950s | 9,464 | |
| 1960s | 8,289 | |
| 1970s | 3,461 | |
| 1980s | 1,760 | |
| 1990s | 956 | |
| 2000s | 461 | |
| 2010s | 202 | |
| 2020s | 53 |
In 1958, its biggest year
Cathleen was the 255th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1958 were Mary, Susan, Linda, Karen and Patricia. See all of 1958.
Names that rose and fell with Cathleen
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Paulapeak 1963
- Pamalapeak 1958
- Dorindapeak 1957
- Jeripeak 1957
- Gaylapeak 1954
- Lynnpeak 1956
- Pamelapeak 1954
- Cynthiapeak 1957
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.