Cathey
- Last seen for girls in 1983 at #10,275
- Peak · girls
- 1953 · 157 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,216since 1939
Cathey over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Cathey has never cracked the top 700 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
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| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 |
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| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 |
| 1972 | #3,543 | 17 |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 |
| 1970 | #2,450 | 30 |
| 1969 | #2,515 | 27 |
| 1968 | #2,630 | 23 |
| 1967 | #2,432 | 25 |
| 1966 | #2,249 | 28 |
| 1965 | #1,547 | 52 |
| 1964 | #1,548 | 54 |
| 1963 | #1,478 | 57 |
| 1962 | #1,383 | 64 |
| 1961 | #1,387 | 65 |
| 1960 | #1,199 | 82 |
| 1959 | #1,099 | 95 |
| 1958 | #1,112 | 90 |
| 1957 | #989 | 110 |
| 1956 | #929 | 118 |
| 1955 | #804 | 144 |
| 1954 | #969 | 100 |
| 1953 | #724 | 157 |
| 1952 | #733 | 146 |
| 1951 | #760 | 134 |
| 1950 | #858 | 106 |
| 1949 | #895 | 97 |
| 1948 | #971 | 80 |
| 1947 | #1,127 | 63 |
| 1946 | #1,208 | 51 |
| 1945 | #1,402 | 33 |
| 1944 | #1,916 | 20 |
| 1943 | #1,625 | 27 |
| 1942 | #1,760 | 23 |
| 1941 | #2,096 | 16 |
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| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 |
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First appearance
1939
The first year at least five girls were named Cathey! It came in at #3,782, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1940, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Cathey is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Cathey in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Cathey
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1983
- Biggest jump: 165 spots in 1955
- Biggest drop: 245 spots in 1954
Rise & fade · girls
14 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1939
- Peaked 1953 at #724 (157 births)
- Births halved by 1961, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 10 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 1948–1957
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,983
- Highest: 1 in 11,983 girls born in 1953 were named Cathey (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 334,122 girls born in 1983 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 54.2% of all girls named Cathey (1,200) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1930s | 6 | #3,782 (1939) | #3,782 |
| 1940s | 410 | #895 (1949) | #1,444 |
| 1950s | 1,200 | #724 (1953) | #898 |
| 1960s | 477 | #1,199 (1960) | #1,837 |
| 1970s | 108 | #2,450 (1970) | #5,857 |
| 1980s | 15 | #10,275 (1983) | #10,395 |
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.
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