Cathie
Last seen for girls in 1998 at #12,426
- Peak · girls
- 1951 · 266 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,586since 1926
Cathie over time
Rank among girls' names. Cathie has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 |
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| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 |
| 1979 | #4,052 | 18 |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 |
| 1977 | #2,780 | 29 |
| 1976 | #3,188 | 22 |
| 1975 | #2,612 | 29 |
| 1974 | #2,433 | 31 |
| 1973 | #1,979 | 41 |
| 1972 | #1,698 | 52 |
| 1971 | #1,772 | 50 |
| 1970 | #1,570 | 61 |
| 1969 | #1,667 | 52 |
| 1968 | #1,519 | 56 |
| 1967 | #1,187 | 80 |
| 1966 | #1,304 | 69 |
| 1965 | #1,109 | 90 |
| 1964 | #940 | 126 |
| 1963 | #854 | 150 |
| 1962 | #829 | 160 |
| 1961 | #769 | 185 |
| 1960 | #724 | 195 |
| 1959 | #684 | 215 |
| 1958 | #597 | 277 |
| 1957 | #625 | 244 |
| 1956 | #599 | 252 |
| 1955 | #599 | 237 |
| 1954 | #582 | 241 |
| 1953 | #520 | 271 |
| 1952 | #526 | 259 |
| 1951 | #505 | 266 |
| 1950 | #535 | 242 |
| 1949 | #534 | 240 |
| 1948 | #548 | 228 |
| 1947 | #528 | 250 |
| 1946 | #615 | 166 |
| 1945 | #673 | 121 |
| 1944 | #625 | 136 |
| 1943 | #807 | 91 |
| 1942 | #734 | 105 |
| 1941 | #1,052 | 48 |
| 1940 | #1,404 | 29 |
| 1939 | #2,038 | 16 |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 |
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| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Cathie! It came in at #4,851, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1926–1931, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Cathie is popular in 1970
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Pennsylvania#712 · 1 in 9,549
- Illinois#1,037 · 1 in 14,623
- California#1,892 · 1 in 32,806
Best ever in a state: #209 in Idaho, 1948.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | #712 | 9 | 1 in 9,549 |
| Illinois | #1,037 | 6 | 1 in 14,623 |
| California | #1,892 | 5 | 1 in 32,806 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Cathie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1998
- Biggest jump: 318 spots in 1942 (#1,052 → #734)
- Biggest drop: 169 spots in 1965 (#940 → #1,109)
- Debuted 1926
- Peaked 1951 at #505 (266 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1942–1964
- Highest: 1 in 6,770 girls born in 1951 were named Cathie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 294,492 girls born in 1998 (0.00%)
- 44.8% of all girls named Cathie (2,504) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 10 | #4,805 (1927) | #4,828 |
| 1930s | 57 | #2,038 (1939) | #3,304 |
| 1940s | 1,414 | #528 (1947) | #752 |
| 1950s | 2,504 | #505 (1951) | #577 |
| 1960s | 1,163 | #724 (1960) | #1,090 |
| 1970s | 345 | #1,570 (1970) | #2,730 |
| 1980s | 76 | #4,517 (1980) | #7,539 |
| 1990s | 17 | #11,783 (1995) | #12,644 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Cathie in 1970
Top girls' names in 1970
More about 1970
girls
1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 28,658 of them was named Cathie, which outranked 83.2% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,562Loreen62
- #1,562Socorro62
- #1,562Thomasina62
- #1,570Cathie61
- #1,570Cecily61
- #1,570Giovanna61
- #1,570Jeneen61
- #1,584Debbi60
- #1,584Fiona60
- #1,584Jose60
Tied with 13 names at #1,570; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.