Catharina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kat-a-REE-na
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Catharina is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “pure (by traditional association)”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Catharina mean?
Greek: spelling of Katharina; German and Dutch form of Katherine
“pure (by traditional association)”
The German form of Katherine; Katharina von Bora was the wife of the reformer Martin Luther.
Meaning borrowed from Katharina.
Is Catharina a girl's or a boy's name?
Catharina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Catharina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Catharina, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1989, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1948.
2025 had more girls named Catharina than any year since 1989.
Half of all the girls named Catharina in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 171 girls in the US were given Catharina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,176, up from #8,858 for this spelling alone.
Catharina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,881 |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,030 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,375 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
Nicknames for Catharina
- Kathi
- Kat
Names like Catharina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ariana, Catalina, Alessandra, Carolina, Selena, Alexandra, Melina, Cassandra, Christina, Eliana, Liliana, Sophia
Other spellings of Catharina
Names related to Catharina
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Catharina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/catharina, updated 20 October 2026.