Cathryn
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Cathryn is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Cathryn mean?
Greek
A female given name from Ancient Greek, of rare usage, variant of Catherine.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Cathryn a girl's or a boy's name?
Cathryn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cathryn in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 18 girls.
Half of all the girls named Cathryn in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Cathryn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,755 |
| 2001 | 18 | #1,204 |
| 2000 | 16 | #1,290 |
| 1999 | 16 | #1,298 |
| 1998 | 16 | #1,289 |
| 1997 | 18 | #1,164 |
| 1996 | 17 | #1,179 |
How popular is Cathryn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Cathryn, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 1956, with 368 girls. It first appears in the records in 1882.
2025 had fewer girls named Cathryn than any year since 1890.
Half of all the girls named Cathryn in the US since 1880 were born between 1945 and 1983, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cathryn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 29 | #4,603 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 39 | #3,787 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,148 |
| 2017 | 38 | #3,918 |
| 2016 | 40 | #3,777 |
| 2015 | 64 | #2,736 |
| 2014 | 58 | #2,920 |
| 2013 | 53 | #3,075 |
| 2012 | 55 | #3,039 |
| 2011 | 61 | #2,837 |
| 2010 | 59 | #2,905 |
| 2009 | 48 | #3,408 |
| 2008 | 96 | #2,106 |
| 2007 | 91 | #2,177 |
| 2006 | 84 | #2,267 |
| 2005 | 113 | #1,740 |
| 2004 | 107 | #1,780 |
| 2003 | 102 | #1,822 |
| 2002 | 103 | #1,748 |
| 2001 | 124 | #1,505 |
| 2000 | 154 | #1,264 |
| 1999 | 130 | #1,356 |
| 1998 | 107 | #1,549 |
| 1997 | 135 | #1,289 |
| 1996 | 155 | #1,170 |
| 1995 | 144 | #1,184 |
| 1994 | 147 | #1,196 |
| 1993 | 141 | #1,226 |
| 1992 | 152 | #1,154 |
| 1991 | 183 | #1,008 |
| 1990 | 157 | #1,107 |
| 1989 | 154 | #1,085 |
| 1988 | 177 | #949 |
| 1987 | 146 | #1,052 |
| 1986 | 161 | #981 |
| 1985 | 163 | #950 |
| 1984 | 155 | #945 |
| 1983 | 157 | #942 |
| 1982 | 134 | #1,069 |
| 1981 | 142 | #1,017 |
| 1980 | 135 | #1,053 |
| 1979 | 131 | #1,056 |
| 1978 | 135 | #1,006 |
| 1977 | 126 | #1,045 |
| 1976 | 106 | #1,122 |
| 1975 | 118 | #1,022 |
| 1974 | 104 | #1,115 |
| 1973 | 116 | #1,012 |
| 1972 | 145 | #877 |
| 1971 | 174 | #805 |
| 1970 | 197 | #748 |
| 1969 | 178 | #754 |
| 1968 | 165 | #779 |
| 1967 | 201 | #683 |
| 1966 | 187 | #717 |
| 1965 | 168 | #764 |
| 1964 | 194 | #748 |
| 1963 | 219 | #679 |
| 1962 | 212 | #709 |
| 1961 | 236 | #672 |
| 1960 | 255 | #633 |
| 1959 | 272 | #602 |
| 1958 | 318 | #542 |
| 1957 | 303 | #550 |
| 1956 | 368 | #484 |
| 1955 | 335 | #503 |
| 1954 | 347 | #478 |
| 1953 | 321 | #479 |
| 1952 | 351 | #455 |
| 1951 | 336 | #452 |
| 1950 | 320 | #450 |
| 1949 | 292 | #469 |
| 1948 | 265 | #500 |
| 1947 | 248 | #533 |
| 1946 | 160 | #626 |
| 1945 | 135 | #624 |
| 1944 | 122 | #674 |
| 1943 | 127 | #673 |
| 1942 | 113 | #701 |
| 1941 | 94 | #728 |
| 1940 | 81 | #786 |
| 1939 | 61 | #898 |
| 1938 | 72 | #830 |
| 1937 | 72 | #810 |
| 1936 | 75 | #780 |
| 1935 | 85 | #729 |
| 1934 | 93 | #693 |
| 1933 | 84 | #709 |
| 1932 | 78 | #765 |
| 1931 | 84 | #733 |
| 1930 | 94 | #717 |
| 1929 | 97 | #711 |
| 1928 | 80 | #800 |
| 1927 | 125 | #643 |
| 1926 | 114 | #682 |
| 1925 | 110 | #704 |
| 1924 | 135 | #643 |
| 1923 | 132 | #639 |
| 1922 | 128 | #647 |
| 1921 | 148 | #594 |
| 1920 | 118 | #665 |
| 1919 | 113 | #655 |
| 1918 | 142 | #596 |
| 1917 | 142 | #567 |
| 1916 | 119 | #619 |
| 1915 | 136 | #547 |
| 1914 | 102 | #553 |
| 1913 | 81 | #567 |
| 1912 | 60 | #639 |
| 1911 | 47 | #624 |
| 1910 | 39 | #679 |
| 1909 | 31 | #719 |
| 1908 | 40 | #593 |
| 1907 | 31 | #680 |
| 1906 | 19 | #845 |
| 1905 | 26 | #699 |
| 1904 | 18 | #853 |
| 1903 | 19 | #789 |
| 1902 | 18 | #818 |
| 1901 | 23 | #659 |
| 1900 | 17 | #917 |
| 1899 | 19 | #728 |
| 1898 | 23 | #679 |
| 1897 | 18 | #735 |
| 1896 | 30 | #553 |
| 1895 | 24 | #622 |
| 1894 | 13 | #850 |
| 1893 | 13 | #826 |
| 1892 | 23 | #579 |
| 1891 | 12 | #796 |
| 1890 | 8 | #1,006 |
| 1889 | 18 | #600 |
| 1888 | 11 | #793 |
| 1887 | 8 | #860 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 9 | #745 |
| 1884 | 9 | #731 |
| 1883 | 14 | #517 |
| 1882 | 5 | #908 |
Names like Cathryn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Connie, Georgia, Ffion, Charlotte, Kathleen, Caitlin, Anna, Sarah, Cassie, Elizabeth, Sophie, Chloe
Names related to Cathryn
Catherine, Kathryn, Catrin, Catrina, Katheryn, Catharine, Cathrine, Catharina, Kathryne, Catherina
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Zoe, Iris, Maisie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Cathryn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cathryn, updated 20 October 2026.