girls:
928 births since 1900
#4788 (16th percentile)
overall:
928 births since 1900
#6811 (12th percentile)
The name Catherina is the #6,811 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 928 recorded births since 1900. This represents the 12.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,788 (16.2% percentile) for all time with 928 births since 1900.
Catherina first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1900 (first recorded for girls in 1900). Birth data for Catherina is available in 87 out of the 124 years between 1900 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Catherina reached its peak popularity in 1966, achieving the 2.7% percentile (ranked #721) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1900, with 22 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Catherina ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 13.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Catherina".
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Our model has identified 8 different pronunciations for the name Catherina. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 33.9% confident that Catherina is pronounced as ka-ther-EE-nuh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KA-ther-EE-nuh, at 25.0% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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