Cathy
Rank in 2025
#8362
recorded as girls
Down 2,400 since 2024
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recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
12
girls 12
Peak year
1958
10,942 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
170,646
since 1918
Born a Cathy? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Cathy was most popular in 1958, when 10,942 babies recorded as girls got the name (5.4 per 1,000). In 2025, 12 babies were named Cathy, ranking #8362 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 42%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | 8362 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 20 | 5962 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 25 | 5126 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 20 | 5984 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 22 | 5573 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 32 | 4263 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 30 | 4546 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 44 | 3497 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 31 | 4477 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 53 | 3100 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 64 | 2736 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 48 | 3326 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 59 | 2870 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 56 | 3006 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 47 | 3407 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 52 | 3159 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 56 | 3047 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 61 | 2887 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 79 | 2394 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 88 | 2186 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 93 | 2014 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 104 | 1820 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 103 | 1813 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 93 | 1897 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 120 | 1540 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 119 | 1524 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 116 | 1482 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 124 | 1382 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 133 | 1303 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 129 | 1318 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 141 | 1214 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 164 | 1095 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 153 | 1157 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 186 | 1010 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 210 | 915 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 209 | 916 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 224 | 839 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 227 | 807 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 246 | 733 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 273 | 670 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 362 | 548 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 372 | 521 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 371 | 514 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 486 | 443 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 534 | 412 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 567 | 401 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 588 | 380 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 639 | 340 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 743 | 319 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 809 | 283 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 970 | 252 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 1,167 | 222 | 5 | 5227 |
| 1973 | 1,435 | 185 | 5 | 5101 |
| 1972 | 1,736 | 169 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 2,270 | 141 | 9 | 3370 |
| 1970 | 2,586 | 137 | 11 | 2891 |
| 1969 | 2,520 | 133 | 10 | 2861 |
| 1968 | 2,400 | 134 | 7 | 3365 |
| 1967 | 2,825 | 118 | 8 | 2985 |
| 1966 | 3,421 | 99 | 12 | 2327 |
| 1965 | 4,151 | 88 | 5 | 3930 |
| 1964 | 5,502 | 75 | 18 | 1900 |
| 1963 | 6,319 | 67 | 9 | 2858 |
| 1962 | 7,145 | 62 | 20 | 1805 |
| 1961 | 8,211 | 55 | 19 | 1876 |
| 1960 | 9,130 | 46 | 21 | 1772 |
| 1959 | 10,408 | 39 | 23 | 1665 |
| 1958 | 10,942 | 34 | 19 | 1838 |
| 1957 | 10,325 | 39 | 23 | 1673 |
| 1956 | 10,132 | 36 | 23 | 1642 |
| 1955 | 8,665 | 44 | 15 | 2048 |
| 1954 | 7,207 | 59 | 6 | 3452 |
| 1953 | 7,301 | 56 | 13 | 2186 |
| 1952 | 7,011 | 56 | 8 | 2875 |
| 1951 | 5,697 | 71 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 5,031 | 75 | 10 | 2438 |
| 1949 | 4,407 | 81 | 15 | 1941 |
| 1948 | 3,561 | 104 | 8 | 2788 |
| 1947 | 2,859 | 119 | 10 | 2498 |
| 1946 | 1,623 | 167 | 5 | 3525 |
| 1945 | 824 | 230 | 6 | 2996 |
| 1944 | 680 | 264 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 606 | 282 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 483 | 314 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 312 | 389 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 195 | 495 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 144 | 558 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 89 | 724 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 72 | 810 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 53 | 941 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 60 | 892 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 47 | 1005 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 35 | 1197 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 29 | 1382 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 24 | 1549 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 25 | 1569 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 14 | 2301 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 20 | 1897 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 17 | 2169 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 17 | 2165 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 12 | 2778 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 13 | 2661 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 8 | 3641 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 5 | 5009 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 7 | 4023 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 5 | 4975 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 8 | 3452 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 5 | 4809 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years