Girl
Catherine
Carried by Catherine of Aragon, Catherine the Great of Russia, and currently Catherine, Princess of Wales. It has faded some since the 1950s without dropping off entirely. These days, it is one of the most familiar names around.
GreekPure
CopticSome trace it to purity through Aikaterine
Births by decade
1900s
22,057
1910s
65,969
1920s
79,138
1930s
50,263
1940s
62,261
1950s
109,041
1960s
77,010
1970s
44,026
1980s
42,610
1990s
40,831
2000s
29,718
2010s
14,300
Peaked in the 1950s · 637,224 total U.S. births since 1900