Cathern
Recorded 1882–1988 · United States
Cathern was most popular in 1930, when 29 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,584 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,080 people named Cathern.
Cathern over time
How old is the name Cathern?
Cathern first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1882, which makes it about 143 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 82 of the 144 years since. It was last recorded in 1988.
How many people are named Cathern?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,080 American births named Cathern between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 393 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Cathern in 2025?
Cathern was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Cathern a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Cathern is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,080 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Cathern?
Roughly 393 Americans named Cathern are alive today — 36% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 71 years old, and half are between 63 and 79.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org