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Cathleen

Rank in 2024
#9,412
Born in 2024
11
Peak year
1958 · #255
Origin
Irish

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 11 girls were named Cathleen, about 1 in every 146,653.
  • It peaked in 1958 with 1,159 babies, ranked #255.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1896.
  • 29,912 girls have been named Cathleen since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Cathleen per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. 0.5
    Boomers
  4. 0.3
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 981 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Silent: 1,953 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Boomers: 16,331 babies, 0.46 per 1,000. Gen X: 7,379 babies, 0.29 per 1,000. Millennials: 2,316 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Gen Z: 741 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 189 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

  • A female given name from Irish, a less common spelling of Kathleen.
Origin
Irish
Say it
Not recorded

From Wiktionary’s entry for Cathleen, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Kathleen

    Rank
    #1,109
    Born '24
    220
    Origin
    Irish
    1880peak 19512024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Kathaleen

    Rank
    unranked
    Born '24
    0
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19522024