Catharina

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Catharina: Recorded since 1960, it reached #238 in 1989, and it was last ranked in 2019.

3registrars recorded it
52times a registrar ranked it
60years from first to last
#238highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2011–2019

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2011	#5785
2016	#5785
2019	#5591

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 47 of the 55 years from 1960 to 2014.

In 1979: #464 among girls in Norway, #523 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1960–2019 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1960
First recorded at #460 among girls in Norway in 1960 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1960–2014
Highest recorded position: #238 among girls in Norway, in 1989 (recorded 1960–2014).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2019
Most recently recorded at #5591 among girls in England and Wales, in 2019.
England and Wales · Girls

Catharina appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 47 years beginning in 1960, and has registered 471 births with the name.

Catharina across 3 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.

Catharina'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
Norway · Girls	#460 (1960)	#238 (1989)	#549 (2014)	47 of 55	471 (1960–2014)	23 (1989)
England and Wales · Girls	#5785 (2011)	#5591 (2019)	#5591 (2019)	3 of 9	9 (2011–2019)	3 (2011)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#508 (1973)	#508 (1973)	#523 (1979)	2 of 7	6 (1973–1979)	3 (1973)

Catharina by decade in Norway · 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 Catharina in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	62	9 of 10	7
1970s	90	10 of 10	9
1980s	111	9 of 10	12
1990sbusiest	151	10 of 10	15
2000s	49	7 of 10	7
2010s	8	2 of 10	4

Across Norway · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 15 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Catharina 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 3 regions, from 1960 to 2019. Highest recorded position: #238 in Norway in 1989.

Catharina'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
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#549	4	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#568	4	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#472	7	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#532	5	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#513	5	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#449	7	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#494	6	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#393	9	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#369	10	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#366	10	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#321	12	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#495	6	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#281	15	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#265	17	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#286	15	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#348	12	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#252	20	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#242	23	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#255	21	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#238	23	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#280	18	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#304	15	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#333	14	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#346	13	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#426	9	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#408	9	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#624	4	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#522	6	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#464	7	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#550	5	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#342	11	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#371	10	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#422	8	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#447	7	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#336	11	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#361	10	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#349	10	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#323	11	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#437	6	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#452	6	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#346	9	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#422	6	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#311	11	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#457	5	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#316	10	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#442	5	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#460	4	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#508	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
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 3 registrars between 1960 and 2019, ranked in 50 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #238, first reached in 1989.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 23 births, registered in Norway in 1989.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1973, and 51 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.

Cathan · #221, 19y
Cathaoir · #226, 21y
Catherina · #198, 36y
Catherine · #2, 75y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Norbert · #241, 45y
Delia · #234, 50y
Vivien · #243, 47y
Usman · #244, 46y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Bridie · #238, 50y
Lucinda · #238, 56y
Mika · #238, 33y
Susannah · #238, 39y

Catharina was ranked #238 in Norway · Girls in 1989. 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.

Catharina 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 Catharina without appearing here.

Catharina moved ahead of

Wenche Compare
In 1998 they stood at #495 and #486 in Norway · Girls; by 1999 that had become #366 and #638.
Margaret Compare
In 1984 they stood at #624 and #428 in Norway · Girls; by 1985 that had become #346 and #617.
Susan Compare
In 1998 they stood at #495 and #481 in Norway · Girls; by 1999 that had become #366 and #587.
Unni Compare
In 1985 they stood at #346 and #285 in Norway · Girls; by 1986 that had become #333 and #492.

Moved ahead of Catharina

Mila Compare
In 2011 they stood at #513 and #587 in Norway · Girls; by 2012 that had become #568 and #260.
Olivia Compare
In 1996 they stood at #281 and #316 in Norway · Girls; by 1997 that had become #495 and #219.
Tara Compare
In 1996 they stood at #281 and #366 in Norway · Girls; by 1997 that had become #495 and #237.
Abigail Compare
In 2011 they stood at #513 and #556 in Norway · Girls; by 2012 that had become #568 and #315.

Moved the opposite way to Catharina

Emma Compare
Between 1963 and 2014 in Norway · Girls, Catharina went from #316 to #549 while Emma went from #415 to #2.
Hedda Compare
Between 1963 and 2014 in Norway · Girls, Catharina went from #316 to #549 while Hedda went from #460 to #23.
Laura Compare
Between 1963 and 2014 in Norway · Girls, Catharina went from #316 to #549 while Laura went from #512 to #149.
Thea Compare
Between 1965 and 2014 in Norway · Girls, Catharina went from #311 to #549 while Thea went from #395 to #8.

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 3 regions, from 1960 to 2019. Highest recorded position: #238 in Norway in 1989. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Catharina

Catharina at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Catharina across 3 official records

Catharina by decade in Norway · Girls

Catharina appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Catharina moved ahead of

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Catharina at a glance

Catharina across 3 official records

Catharina by decade in Norway · Girls

Catharina appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Catharina

Catharina and the names beside it

Catharina moved ahead of

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