Catherina

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Catherina: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Catherina: Recorded since 1964, it reached #198 in 1974, and it was last ranked in 2015.

2registrars recorded it
37times a registrar ranked it
52years from first to last
#198highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2015

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1997	#3174
1998	#3848
2008	#5545
2015	#5730

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 32 of the 33 years from 1964 to 1996.

In 1996: #534 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3795 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2015 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #274 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–1996
Highest recorded position: #198 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1974 (recorded 1964–1996).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2015
Most recently recorded at #5730 among girls in England and Wales, in 2015.
England and Wales · Girls

Catherina appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 32 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 374 births with the name.

Catherina across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Catherina's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#274 (1964)	#198 (1974)	#534 (1996)	32 of 33	374 (1964–1996)	27 (1974)
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#3174 (1997)	#5730 (2015)	5 of 20	16 (1996–2015)	4 (1997)

Catherina by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Catherina in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	52	6 of 10	9
1970sbusiest	171	10 of 10	17
1980s	122	10 of 10	12
1990s	29	6 of 10	5

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 17 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Catherina appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2015. Highest recorded position: #198 in Republic of Ireland in 1974.

Catherina's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#534	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#451	4	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#350	7	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#423	5	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	3	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#377	6	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#492	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#329	9	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#356	7	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#348	8	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#223	19	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#232	19	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#280	14	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#263	15	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#228	22	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#219	23	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#253	16	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#269	13	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#260	14	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#221	19	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#198	27	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#225	20	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#228	17	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#383	5	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#217	17	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#255	11	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#287	7	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#246	9	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#256	8	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#221	11	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#274	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1964 and 2015, ranked in 36 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #198, first reached in 1974.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 27 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1974.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 9 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aengus · #200, 38y
Elton · #200, 31y
Vida · #196, 40y
Bill · #203, 35y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Bilal · #197, 50y
Aengus · #200, 38y
Dereck · #196, 17y
Loretto · #196, 15y

Catherina was ranked #198 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1974. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Catherina and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Catherina without appearing here.

Catherina moved ahead of

Violet Compare
In 1971 they stood at #383 and #349 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1972 that had become #228 and #332.
Camilla Compare
In 1990 they stood at #517 and #517 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1991 that had become #423 and #515.
Debra Compare
In 1990 they stood at #517 and #336 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1991 that had become #423 and #515.
Karin Compare
In 1964 they stood at #274 and #245 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1965 that had become #221 and #297.

Moved ahead of Catherina

Phoebe Compare
In 1995 they stood at #451 and #516 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1996 that had become #534 and #279.
Isabella Compare
In 1995 they stood at #451 and #516 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1996 that had become #534 and #316.
Jordan Compare
In 1989 they stood at #377 and #445 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1990 that had become #517 and #303.
Ashley Compare
In 1984 they stood at #223 and #298 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1985 that had become #348 and #159.

Moved the opposite way to Catherina

Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 1996 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Catherina went from #274 to #534 while Aisling went from #154 to #17.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 1996 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Catherina went from #274 to #534 while Alexandra went from #222 to #98.
Alison Compare
Between 1964 and 1996 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Catherina went from #274 to #534 while Alison went from #146 to #46.
Aoife Compare
Between 1964 and 1996 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Catherina went from #274 to #534 while Aoife went from #206 to #5.

Moved the same way as Catherina

Alma Compare
Between 1964 and 1996 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Catherina went from #274 to #534 and Alma from #327 to #534.
Amelia Compare
Between 1964 and 1996 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Catherina went from #274 to #534 and Amelia from #300 to #429.
Angela Compare
Between 1964 and 1996 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Catherina went from #274 to #534 and Angela from #24 to #216.
Anita Compare
Between 1964 and 1996 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Catherina went from #274 to #534 and Anita from #130 to #241.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2015. Highest recorded position: #198 in Republic of Ireland in 1974. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Catherina

Catherina at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Catherina across 2 official records

Catherina by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Catherina at a glance

Catherina across 2 official records

Catherina by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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