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How popular is the name Cathleen?
Births per year, rank history and how many Cathleens are alive today.
Cathleen (female), a spelling of Kathleen, last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2015 (ranked 5730th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 2000, when 4 babies were given the name, the 3247th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2009, with 4 babies given the name that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Kathleen you are most likely to meet is around 81 years old. Half of all Kathleens born in England and Wales are between 68 and 88, and there are at least 76,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 21% chance that at least one of them will be called Kathleen.
How many babies are named Cathleen each year?
Includes all spellings: Cathleen, Kathleen. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Cathleen spelling rank?
Where does the Kathleen spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Cathleen most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Kathleen, peaked in 1914, when around 15,200 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Cathleen spelling itself peaked in 2000, with 4 babies.
How many people are called Cathleen?
At least 76,000 people named Cathleen in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Cathleen?
Most living Cathleens are between 68 and 88; the most common age is about 81.
Is Cathleen becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.