Catherine Variations & Nicknames
Honor Catherine with a different spelling, a familiar short form, or a form used in another language. Each choice below identifies its connection to the name family and has its own U.S. popularity history.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
An English form or spelling of Catherine. | 972#314 | Down 47 rank positions in five years | 1956 | ||
An English form or spelling of Catherine. | 1,670#186 | Down 50 rank positions in five years | 1990 | ||
An English form or spelling of Catherine. | 381#729 | Down 204 rank positions in five years | 1952 | ||
A familiar short form in the Catherine family. | 48#3,274 | Down 1,091 rank positions in five years | 1958 | ||
A familiar short form in the Catherine family. | 447#646 | Down 166 rank positions in five years | 1986 | ||
A familiar short form in the Catherine family. | 12#8,461 | Down 4,177 rank positions in five years | 1958 | ||
A familiar short form in the Catherine family. | 37#3,945 | Down 368 rank positions in five years | 1942 | ||
A familiar short form in the Catherine family. | 576#522 | Down 110 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
An English form or spelling of Catherine. | 27#4,934 | Down 1,507 rank positions in five years | 1982 | ||
A European form of Catherine. | 2,456#111 | Up 68 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
A familiar short form in the Catherine family. | 64#2,709 | Down 501 rank positions in five years | 1987 | ||
An English form or spelling of Catherine. | 8#11,131 | Down 5,233 rank positions in five years | 1956 | ||
An English form or spelling of Catherine. | 15#7,310 | Down 826 rank positions in five years | 1956 | ||
An English form or spelling of Catherine. | 45#3,427 | Down 117 rank positions in five years | 1990 | ||
A familiar short form in the Catherine family. | 18#6,441 | Up 3,462 rank positions in five years | 1947 | ||
An English form or spelling of Catherine. | —Unranked | — | 1915 | ||
A familiar short form in the Catherine family. | —Unranked | — | 1947 | ||
An international form or familiar short form of Catherine. | 151#1,431 | Down 227 rank positions in five years | 1998 | ||
A familiar short form in the Catherine family. | 93#2,042 | Down 268 rank positions in five years | 1996 | ||
A European form of Catherine. | 29#4,678 | Down 738 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
A familiar short form in the Catherine family. | 208#1,127 | Up 1,082 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
A European form of Catherine. | 11#8,977 | Up 6,613 rank positions in five years | 1989 | ||
A familiar short form in the Catherine family. | —Unranked | — | 2007 | ||
A familiar short form in the Catherine family. | —Unranked | — | 1960 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.