Catrin is a distinctive choice, ranked #2605 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Catrin in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#2605
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About the Name Catrin
Catrin has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 905 places in five years. It was most popular in 2000 at #316 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Catrin is rare in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Catrin in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Catrin
Catrin Nilsmark — Catrin Maria Nilsmark is a Swedish professional golfer who played on both the United States–based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour.
Catrin Stewart — Catrin Stewart is a Welsh actress, known for playing Jenny Flint in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who, Emma Morris in the Sky One comedy drama Stella and PC Gina Jenkins in the S4C crime drama Bang.
Catrin Finch — Catrin Ana Finch is a Welsh harpist, arranger and composer.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Catrin
Unlikely. With around 10 UK babies named Catrin per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Catrin in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Catrin is declining: down 1,098 places since 2020, to #2,605 in 2025. It peaked at #316 in 2000.
Catrin is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Catrin include: Catrin Nilsmark, Catrin Stewart and Catrin Finch. Short summaries for each appear below.
Catrin does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Catrins in the wild.
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UK babies named Catrin (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 1098 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Catrin
Almost certainly the only Catrin in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Catrin
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Catrin Stewart is a Welsh actress, known for playing Jenny Flint in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who, Emma Morris in the Sky One comedy drama Stella and PC Gina Jenkins in the S4C crime drama Bang.
Catrin ferch Owain Glyndŵr was one of the daughters (probably the eldest) of Margaret Hanmer and Owain Glyndŵr, and her marriage to a claimant on the English throne was used by her father to gain support.
Catrin ferch Gruffudd ap Hywel was a Welsh poet from Anglesey who, as a devout Catholic and Recusant, wrote poetry extensively as a critic of the Protestant Reformation.
Catrin Feelings is the stage name of Ellis Lloyd Jones, a Welsh drag performer known for competing on the seventh series of the reality show RuPaul's Drag Race UK.
Catrin Pritchard is a British researcher who is professor of cancer biochemistry and deputy director of the Leicester Cancer Research Centre at the University of Leicester.