Catherine
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning pure; clear.
How Catherine has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #177 |
| 2016 | #196 |
| 2017 | #198 |
| 2018 | #205 |
| 2019 | #241 |
| 2020 | #267 |
| 2021 | #323 |
| 2022 | #328 |
| 2023 | #332 |
| 2024 | #320 |
| 2025 | #314 |
Catherine by the numbers
In 2025, 66 babies in England and Wales were named Catherine. In the US, 1,573 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 12,067 babies in 1956, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1915, about 1 in 130 American girls born that year was called Catherine.
Names that come from Catherine
Forms of Catherine in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Karenpure; a form of Catherine559 in the US (2017)
- Katarinapure; a form of Catherine141 in the US (2017)
- Cattaleyapure; a modern respelling of Catherine62 in the US (2017)
- Katyapure; a form of Catherine or Ekaterina54 in the US (2017)
- Catalayapure; a modern respelling of Catalina or Catherine51 in the US (2017)
- Catepure; a form of Catherine38 in the US (2017)
- Cathrynpure; a form of Catherine37 in the US (2017)
- Cathypure; a form of Catherine31 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Catherine. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Catharinepure; a form of Catherine13 in the US (2017)
- Cathrinea form of Catherine, pure8 in the US (2017)
- Catherinpure; a variant spelling of Catherine5 in the US (2017)
- Catherinapure; a form of Catherine5 in the US (2017)
- Caterinapure; Italian form of Catherine56 in the US (2017)
- Catharinapure; a form of Catherine6 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Catherine
Names that are said the same way as Catherine, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Katherinepure2,833 in the US (2017)
- Katharinepure; a form of Katherine72 in the US (2017)
- Katherynpure; a variant spelling of Katherine44 in the US (2017)
- Katherinpure; a form of Katherine38 in the US (2017)
- Katherinnepure; a form of Katherine7 in the US (2017)
- Katherynepure; a form of Catherine6 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean purity
Like Catherine, each of these has purity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Lillianlily; purity6,139 in the US (2017)
- Lilythe lily flower; purity2,249 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Lilianalily; purity2,747 in the US (2017)
- Catalinapure; Spanish form of Catherine1,218 in the US (2017)
- Katepure; a form of katherine1,162 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Catherine
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