Catrin

Girls' name

Variant of Katrin

Catrin has been given to 39 babies in the U.S. since 1990. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2001, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Catrin, 2006

1 in 791,000

Catrin over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Catrin: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Katrin

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Catrin means

Catrin is a variant of Katrin.

Origin, language, and formation

Catrin is used in English, German and Welsh.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Katrin and Catherine.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Welsh, Catrin is pronounced /ˈkatrɪn/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 39 girls were recorded with the name Catrin between 1990 and 2006. Its highest annual count was 9 in 2001; its best national rank was #9,621 in 1992.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Catrin?

Catrin had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2006, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2006: 1 in 791,000; 5 of 3,956,166 births
Among girls only: 1 in 380,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2006: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 548,442 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Catrin sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2006 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 548,442 children born in 2006 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Catrin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Catrins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Catrin was born before 2000 — so the typical Catrin is around 25 today.

Median birth year: 2000; About 25 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 51.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 39; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 51.3% of all recorded uses (20).

Is Catrin rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2001 (9)
Years since peak: 24; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 50.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #9,621; 1992

Spellings of Catrin

Catrin is not the most common spelling — Carrie is, with 37.1% against Catrin's <0.01%.

Carrie37.1%266,350
Caitlin15.6%112,143
Katrina14.2%101,493
Camryn4.3%30,959
Karin4.0%28,532
Carina2.3%16,494
Cathryn2.3%16,332
Cari1.8%12,757

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Catrin around the world

Where Catrin ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1996–2025
#2,605
in 2025
Scotland
1996–2006
#606
in 2006
South Australia
1962–2001
#711
in 2001

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Catrin by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #9,621; 1992
Peak year: 2001; 9 that year
First recorded: 1990
Last recorded: 2006
All-time count: 39
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Catrin

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Cathrin Caterin Cathia Cathay Catena Cather Cathee Catana Catelaya Catara Mehrin Catoya Catonya Yarin Catiana Catasha Cattie Catisha Catori Catiria Catalya Catrece Cateria Cathyjo

Sibling names for Catrin

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Magaly Nyah Sheridan Lesli Nya Shyann Alysa Danae

For a brother

Destin Dallin Donavon Kevon Zakary Keyon Keshawn Syed

Explore around Catrin

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