Cathriona

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Cathriona: Recorded every year since 1964, it reached #180 in 1981, and it was last ranked in 1999.

1registrar recorded it
36times a registrar ranked it
36years from first to last
#180highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Cathriona's record

Moved 152 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Republic of Ireland · Girls

Falling

among girls in Republic of Ireland · 1964–1999

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Republic of Ireland · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1964	#215
1965	#282
1966	#218
1967	#253
1968	#270
1969	#265
1970	#252
1971	#220
1972	#228
1973	#225
1974	#202
1975	#228
1976	#191
1977	#213
1978	#211
1979	#181
1980	#182
1981	#180
1982	#211
1983	#182
1984	#196
1985	#197
1986	#193
1987	#242
1988	#280
1989	#263
1990	#242
1991	#300
1992	#220
1993	#254
1994	#374
1995	#327
1996	#471
1997	#346
1998	#498
1999	#392

VerifiedSource: CSO Ireland — Irish Babies' Names.Confidence: high.

See all Republic of Ireland names · Source: CSO Ireland — Irish Babies' Names

What the data shows

FallingRepublic of Ireland · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in every year from 1964 to 1999.

Official data for Republic of Ireland, 1964–1999 · CSO Ireland. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #215 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 recorded1964–1999
Highest recorded position: #180 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1981 (recorded 1964–1999).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent1999
Most recently recorded at #392 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1999.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Cathriona 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 Cathriona in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	55	6 of 10	9
1970s	221	10 of 10	22
1980sbusiest	244	10 of 10	24
1990s	91	10 of 10	9

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 24 births a year.

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Cathriona 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 Republic of Ireland from 1964 to 1999. Highest recorded position: #180 in Republic of Ireland in 1981.

Cathriona'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
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#392	5	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#346	8	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#327	8	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	6	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	14	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#220	18	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	10	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#242	15	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#263	13	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#280	12	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#242	16	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#193	24	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#197	25	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#196	28	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#182	30	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#211	25	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#180	36	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#182	35	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#181	33	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#211	25	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#213	23	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#191	29	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#228	18	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#202	26	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	#220	19	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#252	11	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#265	10	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#270	8	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#253	8	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#218	11	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#282	6	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#215	12	High	Verified

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 1 registrar between 1964 and 1999, ranked in 36 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #180, first reached in 1981.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 36 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1981.

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.

Cathrina · #293, 19y
Cathrine · #21, 61y
Cathryn · #344, 26y
Cathy · #92, 54y

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.

Jann · #179, 36y
Wenke · #181, 31y
Balder · #182, 31y
Toralf · #183, 40y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Loretta · #180, 57y
Cecil · #181, 38y
Collette · #179, 49y
Conrad · #181, 45y

Cathriona was ranked #180 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1981. 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.

Cathriona 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 Cathriona without appearing here.

Cathriona moved ahead of

Janet Compare
In 1998 they stood at #498 and #345 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1999 that had become #392 and #528.
Florence Compare
In 1971 they stood at #220 and #212 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1972 that had become #228 and #312.
Violet Compare
In 1968 they stood at #270 and #270 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1969 that had become #265 and #322.
Jeanette Compare
In 1971 they stood at #220 and #189 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1972 that had become #228 and #276.

Moved ahead of Cathriona

Eabha Compare
In 1997 they stood at #346 and #496 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1998 that had become #498 and #241.
Amelia Compare
In 1997 they stood at #346 and #576 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1998 that had become #498 and #252.
Kayla Compare
In 1997 they stood at #346 and #363 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1998 that had become #498 and #270.
Jasmine Compare
In 1993 they stood at #254 and #340 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1994 that had become #374 and #174.

Moved the opposite way to Cathriona

Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 1999 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cathriona went from #215 to #392 while Aisling went from #154 to #25.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 1999 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cathriona went from #215 to #392 while Alexandra went from #222 to #91.
Alison Compare
Between 1964 and 1999 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cathriona went from #215 to #392 while Alison went from #146 to #58.
Aoife Compare
Between 1964 and 1999 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cathriona went from #215 to #392 while Aoife went from #206 to #2.

Moved the same way as Cathriona

Alice Compare
Between 1964 and 1999 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cathriona went from #215 to #392 and Alice from #57 to #87.
Alma Compare
Between 1964 and 1999 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cathriona went from #215 to #392 and Alma from #327 to #528.
Angela Compare
Between 1964 and 1999 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cathriona went from #215 to #392 and Angela from #24 to #392.
Anita Compare
Between 1964 and 1999 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cathriona went from #215 to #392 and Anita from #130 to #227.

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Recorded in official data for Republic of Ireland from 1964 to 1999. Highest recorded position: #180 in Republic of Ireland in 1981. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Cathriona

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Cathriona by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Cathriona at a glance

What stands out in Cathriona's record

Cathriona by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Cathriona and the names beside it

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