Cathaleen

Girl · recorded 1917–1980

  • 1980last recorded
  • 1951best year

Most popular in 1951.

Last recorded in 1980. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Cathaleen.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1917

061119171933194919641980

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 38 recorded years as a table
Cathaleen, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19177
19194
19234
19246
19254
19304
19325
19335
19385
19404
19424
19434
19465
19476
19487
19494
19506
195111
19529
19533
19546
19556
19569
19576
19588
19597
19602
19612
19625
19645
19655
19663
19684
19697
19703
19714
19763
19803

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Cathaleen isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1980
5
Rank in 1980
#10,392
How rare
1 in 332,061 girls
Since 1917
323

Cathaleen was last recorded in 1980. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1951, at 11 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Cathaleen doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.