Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Catharina

Gender

Female

Origin

Greek
pure

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Catharina

Pronunciation

c(a)-thari-na, cath(a)-rina

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 1989 (rank #5834, 14 births); most recent 2025 (rank #8860, 11 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
202511
20245
20238
20226
20219
20205
2019–
2018–
20176
20165

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2019 (rank #5588, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
20193
2018–
2017–
20163

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2002 (rank #1780, 13 births); most recent 2022 (rank #4627, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023–
20224
20216
20205
2019–
2018–
20174
20163
2015–
20143

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 1979 (rank #523, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 1955 (rank #335, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence