Cathy
#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births · Last seen for boys in 1974 at #5,227
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1958 · 10,942 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 18 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 170,303since 1918
Cathy over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,362 | 12 | — | |
| 2024 | #5,962 | 20 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,126 | 25 | — | |
| 2022 | #5,984 | 20 | — | |
| 2021 | #5,573 | 22 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,263 | 32 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,546 | 30 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,497 | 44 | — | |
| 2017 | #4,477 | 31 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,100 | 53 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,736 | 64 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,326 | 48 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,870 | 59 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,006 | 56 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,407 | 47 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,159 | 52 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,047 | 56 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,887 | 61 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,394 | 79 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,186 | 88 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,014 | 93 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,820 | 104 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,813 | 103 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,897 | 93 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,540 | 120 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,524 | 119 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,482 | 116 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,382 | 124 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,303 | 133 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,318 | 129 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,214 | 141 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,095 | 164 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,157 | 153 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,010 | 186 | — | |
| 1991 | #915 | 210 | — | |
| 1990 | #916 | 209 | — | |
| 1989 | #839 | 224 | — | |
| 1988 | #807 | 227 | — | |
| 1987 | #733 | 246 | — | |
| 1986 | #670 | 273 | — | |
| 1985 | #548 | 362 | — | |
| 1984 | #521 | 372 | — | |
| 1983 | #514 | 371 | — | |
| 1982 | #443 | 486 | — | |
| 1981 | #412 | 534 | — | |
| 1980 | #401 | 567 | — | |
| 1979 | #380 | 588 | — | |
| 1978 | #340 | 639 | — | |
| 1977 | #319 | 743 | — | |
| 1976 | #283 | 809 | — | |
| 1975 | #252 | 970 | — | |
| 1974 | #222 | 1,167 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #185 | 1,435 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #169 | 1,736 | — | |
| 1971 | #141 | 2,270 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #137 | 2,586 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #133 | 2,520 | #2,861 | 10 |
| 1968 | #134 | 2,400 | #3,365 | 7 |
| 1967 | #118 | 2,825 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #99 | 3,421 | #2,327 | 12 |
| 1965 | #88 | 4,151 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #75 | 5,502 | #1,900 | 18 |
| 1963 | #67 | 6,319 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | #62 | 7,145 | #1,805 | 20 |
| 1961 | #55 | 8,211 | #1,876 | 19 |
| 1960 | #46 | 9,130 | #1,772 | 21 |
| 1959 | #39 | 10,408 | #1,665 | 23 |
| 1958 | #34 | 10,942 | #1,838 | 19 |
| 1957 | #39 | 10,325 | #1,673 | 23 |
| 1956 | #36 | 10,132 | #1,642 | 23 |
| 1955 | #44 | 8,665 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1954 | #59 | 7,207 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | #56 | 7,301 | #2,186 | 13 |
| 1952 | #56 | 7,011 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #71 | 5,697 | — | |
| 1950 | #75 | 5,031 | #2,438 | 10 |
| 1949 | #81 | 4,407 | #1,941 | 15 |
| 1948 | #104 | 3,561 | #2,788 | 8 |
| 1947 | #119 | 2,859 | #2,498 | 10 |
| 1946 | #167 | 1,623 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #230 | 824 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #264 | 680 | — | |
| 1943 | #282 | 606 | — | |
| 1942 | #314 | 483 | — | |
| 1941 | #389 | 312 | — | |
| 1940 | #495 | 195 | — | |
| 1939 | #558 | 144 | — | |
| 1938 | #724 | 89 | — | |
| 1937 | #810 | 72 | — | |
| 1936 | #941 | 53 | — | |
| 1935 | #892 | 60 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,005 | 47 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,197 | 35 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,382 | 29 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,549 | 24 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,569 | 25 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,301 | 14 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,897 | 20 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,169 | 17 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,165 | 17 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,778 | 12 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,661 | 13 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 | — | |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | — | |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 | — | |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 | — | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Cathy! It came in at #4,809, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1918, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Cathy
- 2,400 spots since 2024 (#5,962 → #8,362)
- 4,099 spots since 2020 (#4,263 → #8,362)
- 5,626 spots since 2015 (#2,736 → #8,362)
- Biggest jump: 166 spots in 1939 (#724 → #558)
- Biggest drop: 122 spots in 1986 (#548 → #670)
- Debuted 1918
- Peaked 1958 at #34 (10,942 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 18 yrs · run 1949–1966
- Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1935–1991
- Highest: 1 in 184 girls born in 1958 were named Cathy (0.54%)
- Latest: 1 in 133,939 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 48.6% of all girls named Cathy (82,719) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 13 | #3,452 (1919) | #4,131 |
| 1920s | 118 | #1,897 (1928) | #3,162 |
| 1930s | 578 | #558 (1939) | #1,063 |
| 1940s | 15,550 | #81 (1949) | #245 |
| 1950s | 82,719 | #34 (1958) | #51 |
| 1960s | 51,624 | #46 (1960) | #88 |
| 1970s | 12,943 | #137 (1970) | #243 |
| 1980s | 3,662 | #401 (1980) | #589 |
| 1990s | 1,565 | #915 (1991) | #1,179 |
| 2000s | 916 | #1,524 (2000) | #2,112 |
| 2010s | 484 | #2,736 (2015) | #3,412 |
| 2020s | 131 | #4,263 (2020) | #5,878 |
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.
Cathy in 1963
Top girls' names in 1963
Top boys' names in 1963
More about 1963
girls
1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 305 of them was named Cathy, which outranked 99.1% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,031,078 boys got a published name in 1963; 1 in 225,675 of them was named Cathy, which outranked 38.2% of the 4,621 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,673Woodie10
- #2,673Wyndell10
- #2,673Yves10
- #2,858Cathy9
- #2,858Adelbert9
- #2,858Adonis9
- #2,858Adriano9
- #3,044Adolpho8
- #3,044Alicia8
- #3,044Alpha8
Tied with 185 names at #2,858; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.