Catherine

“pure”uncertain meaning

Girl’s name, of Greek origin. Lire en français

Births per 10,000 babies born in France, from 1986 to 2025 (INSEE).

Meaning and origin of Catherine

Catherine is thought to mean “pure” and is of Greek origin.

Uncertain meaning: the sources disagree or are scarce.

Its record year, in INSEE figures going back to 1900, was 1962.
Over recent years, Catherine has been stable (−1.4% a year).
In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Catherine every 91 schools, all spellings combined.

Catherine ranks 249^th in Northern Ireland and 260^th in Ireland, against 1,274^th in France.

Northern IrelandNISRA · 2023-25
249^th girls’ name19 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,185
IrelandCSO · 2023-25
260^th girls’ name47 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,380
ScotlandNRS · 2023-25
305^th girls’ name35 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,554
Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24
375^th girls’ name96 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,609−11.8% a year
British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23
431^st girls’ name24 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,654
United StatesSSA · 2023-25
320^th girls’ name2,861 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,689−5.7% a year
England and WalesONS · 2023-25
552^nd girls’ name210 babies in 3 years1 girl in 3,656−5.7% a year

Rarely or never given (below the publication threshold): New Zealand.

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. Counted as written: other spellings are counted apart.

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

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