# Cathryn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cathryn/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 16,332 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 16,332 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 167, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 61 | 2,846 |
| 2012 | 55 | 3,054 |
| 2013 | 53 | 3,087 |
| 2014 | 58 | 2,935 |
| 2015 | 64 | 2,748 |
| 2016 | 40 | 3,796 |
| 2017 | 38 | 3,932 |
| 2018 | 25 | 5,196 |
| 2019 | 39 | 3,809 |
| 2020 | 20 | 5,902 |
| 2021 | 29 | 4,641 |
| 2022 | 16 | 7,048 |
| 2023 | 13 | 8,145 |
| 2024 | 17 | 6,685 |
| 2025 | 8 | 11,135 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 16 | 1,238 |
| 2002 | 11 | 1,658 |
| 2003 | 5 | 3,099 |
| 2004 | 9 | 2,112 |
| 2005 | 10 | 2,084 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2007 | 9 | 2,410 |
| 2008 | 7 | 3,005 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |

## People named Cathryn

- Cathryn Damon, American actress (1930-1987)
- Toni Tennille, American singer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.