Catriona

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Catriona: Recorded since 1964, it reached #58 in 1979, and it stood at #638 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
86times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#58highest recorded position
18groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2022

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#372
1997	#425
1998	#462
1999	#458
2000	#465
2001	#540
2002	#667
2003	#690
2004	#985
2005	#1165
2006	#1201
2007	#1160
2008	#1447
2009	#1596
2010	#2235
2011	#2150
2012	#2521
2013	#4050
2014	#2203
2015	#2070
2016	#2966
2017	#4763
2019	#3541
2020	#3447
2021	#3519
2022	#5669

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 50 of the 61 years from 1964 to 2024.

In 2024: #638 among girls in Scotland, #898 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #167 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 recorded1964–2024
Highest recorded position: #58 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1979 (recorded 1964–2024).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #898 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2024.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Catriona appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 50 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 2,589 births with the name.

Catriona 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.

Catriona'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	#167 (1964)	#58 (1979)	#898 (2024)	50 of 61	2,589 (1964–2024)	158 (1979)
England and Wales · Girls	#372 (1996)	#372 (1996)	#5669 (2022)	26 of 27	709 (1996–2022)	90 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#154 (1997)	#145 (1998)	#332 (2006)	9 of 10	71 (1997–2006)	13 (1997)

Catriona 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 Catriona in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	194	6 of 10	32
1970s	896	10 of 10	90
1980sbusiest	1,008	10 of 10	101
1990s	373	10 of 10	37
2000s	100	10 of 10	10
2010s	15	3 of 10	5
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 101 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1978 and 1979, when recorded births rose by 80, from 78 to 158.

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

Catriona 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 4 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #58 in Republic of Ireland in 1979.

Catriona'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
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2966	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2070	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2203	12	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2521	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2150	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2235	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1596	17	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1447	19	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1160	24	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1201	22	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1165	21	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#985	25	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#690	41	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#667	40	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#540	52	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#465	64	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#458	64	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#462	63	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#425	71	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#372	90	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#332	4	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#316	4	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#248	5	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#209	7	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#230	6	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#174	9	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#167	10	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#145	13	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#154	13	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#629	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#539	7	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#501	8	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#505	7	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#431	8	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	5	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	11	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#233	15	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#312	10	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#302	10	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#188	19	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#220	15	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#134	28	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#164	28	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#137	37	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#119	43	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#145	33	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#120	47	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#125	44	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#111	54	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#122	44	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#108	64	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#91	74	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#87	85	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#82	88	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#76	103	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#75	105	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#69	123	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#76	119	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#70	123	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#72	124	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#58	158	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#106	78	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#77	109	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#89	99	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#89	95	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#85	99	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#86	98	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#120	65	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#144	46	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#128	49	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#136	44	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#127	43	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#153	30	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#137	36	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#175	20	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#167	21	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#638	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 60 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #58, first reached in 1979.

It held a top-100 place in 15 years, 10 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 158 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1979.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 60 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 4 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.

Gerald · #57, 63y
Tammy · #57, 55y
Bronagh · #60, 61y
Eamonn · #60, 61y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Darrin · #58, 18y
Rebekka · #58, 55y
Clinton · #59, 46y
Eamon · #59, 62y

Catriona was ranked #58 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1979. 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.

Catriona 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 Catriona without appearing here.

Catriona moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4763 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3541 and #5591.
Kerry Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4763 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3519 and #4634.
Tyler Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4763 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3541 and #4001.
Therese Compare
In 2005 they stood at #523 and #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #431 and #635.

Moved ahead of Catriona

Janice Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3519 and #3961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #5669 and #1948.
Francis Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3519 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #5669 and #2488.
Yvonne Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2966 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2090.
Eabha Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2966 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2201.

Moved the opposite way to Catriona

Annie Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Catriona went from #167 to #898 while Annie went from #112 to #41.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Catriona went from #167 to #898 while Charlotte went from #171 to #64.
Clodagh Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Catriona went from #167 to #898 while Clodagh went from #149 to #42.
Emily Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Catriona went from #167 to #898 while Emily went from #180 to #4.

Moved the same way as Catriona

Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Catriona went from #167 to #898 and Audrey from #85 to #898.
Eileen Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Catriona went from #167 to #898 and Eileen from #17 to #372.
Elaine Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Catriona went from #167 to #898 and Elaine from #58 to #631.
Julia Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Catriona went from #167 to #898 and Julia from #42 to #75.

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 4 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #58 in Republic of Ireland in 1979. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Catriona

Catriona at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Catriona across 3 official records

Catriona by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Catriona appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Catriona

Catriona and the names beside it

Catriona moved ahead of

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Catriona at a glance

Catriona across 3 official records

Catriona by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Catriona 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 Catriona

Catriona and the names beside it

Catriona moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Catriona

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