Cathrin

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Cathrin: Recorded since 1963, it reached #229 in 1971, and it was last ranked in 1995.

1registrar recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
33years from first to last
#229highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1963–1995

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1963	#386
1964	#422
1965	#404
1966	#309
1967	#414
1968	#363
1969	#247
1970	#324
1971	#229
1972	#257
1973	#337
1974	#372
1975	#268
1976	#267
1977	#366
1978	#310
1979	#410
1980	#319
1981	#523
1982	#391
1983	#521
1984	#459
1985	#435
1986	#501
1987	#480
1988	#511
1989	#521
1990	#406
1991	#500
1992	#498
1995	#622

VerifiedSource: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name.Confidence: high.

See all Norway names · Source: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name

What the data shows

FallingNorway · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 31 of the 33 years from 1963 to 1995.

Official data for Norway, 1963–1995 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1963
First recorded at #386 among girls in Norway in 1963 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1963–1995
Highest recorded position: #229 among girls in Norway, in 1971 (recorded 1963–1995).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1995
Most recently recorded at #622 among girls in Norway, in 1995.
Norway · Girls

Cathrin 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 Cathrin in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	64	7 of 10	9
1970sbusiest	134	10 of 10	13
1980s	81	10 of 10	8
1990s	28	4 of 10	7

Across Norway · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Cathrin appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1963 to 1995. Highest recorded position: #229 in Norway in 1971.

Cathrin'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
1995	Norway	female	#622	4	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#498	7	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#500	7	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#406	10	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#521	7	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#511	7	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#480	8	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#501	7	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#435	9	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#459	8	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#521	6	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#391	10	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#523	6	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#319	13	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#410	9	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#310	14	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#366	10	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#267	16	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#268	16	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#372	10	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#337	11	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#257	17	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#229	20	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#324	11	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#247	17	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#363	9	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#414	7	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#309	11	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#404	7	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#422	6	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#386	7	High	Verified

Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1963 and 1995, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #229, first reached in 1971.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in Norway in 1971.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

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.

Catherine · #2, 75y
Cathleen · #262, 23y
Cathrina · #293, 19y
Cathrine · #21, 61y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Hild · #229, 29y
Joacim · #229, 31y
Turi · #228, 36y
Dainius · #231, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Breffni · #229, 22y
Eimer · #229, 40y
Godfrey · #229, 14y
Katja · #229, 48y

Cathrin was ranked #229 in Norway · Girls in 1971. 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.

Cathrin 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 Cathrin without appearing here.

Cathrin moved ahead of

Gerd Compare
In 1991 they stood at #500 and #402 in Norway · Girls; by 1992 that had become #498 and #593.
Kate Compare
In 1989 they stood at #521 and #489 in Norway · Girls; by 1990 that had become #406 and #450.
Margaret Compare
In 1981 they stood at #523 and #497 in Norway · Girls; by 1982 that had become #391 and #428.
Unni Compare
In 1988 they stood at #511 and #411 in Norway · Girls; by 1989 that had become #521 and #552.

Moved ahead of Cathrin

Pauline Compare
In 1994 they stood at #498 and #565 in Norway · Girls; by 1995 that had become #622 and #282.
Tara Compare
In 1994 they stood at #498 and #526 in Norway · Girls; by 1995 that had become #622 and #286.
Maya Compare
In 1994 they stood at #498 and #514 in Norway · Girls; by 1995 that had become #622 and #338.
Mina Compare
In 1980 they stood at #319 and #327 in Norway · Girls; by 1981 that had become #523 and #271.

Moved the opposite way to Cathrin

Ada Compare
Between 1963 and 1995 in Norway · Girls, Cathrin went from #386 to #622 while Ada went from #381 to #195.
Andrea Compare
Between 1963 and 1995 in Norway · Girls, Cathrin went from #386 to #622 while Andrea went from #263 to #19.
Anette Compare
Between 1963 and 1995 in Norway · Girls, Cathrin went from #386 to #622 while Anette went from #103 to #46.
Anna Compare
Between 1963 and 1995 in Norway · Girls, Cathrin went from #386 to #622 while Anna went from #74 to #6.

Moved the same way as Cathrin

Anita Compare
Between 1963 and 1995 in Norway · Girls, Cathrin went from #386 to #622 and Anita from #4 to #148.
Ann Compare
Between 1963 and 1995 in Norway · Girls, Cathrin went from #386 to #622 and Ann from #21 to #111.
Anne Compare
Between 1963 and 1995 in Norway · Girls, Cathrin went from #386 to #622 and Anne from #1 to #24.
Annie Compare
Between 1963 and 1995 in Norway · Girls, Cathrin went from #386 to #622 and Annie from #315 to #479.

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.

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1963 to 1995. Highest recorded position: #229 in Norway in 1971. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Cathrin

Cathrin at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cathrin by decade in Norway · Girls

Cathrin appears in

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Cathrin at a glance

Cathrin by decade in Norway · Girls

Cathrin 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 Cathrin

Cathrin and the names beside it

Cathrin moved ahead of

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