Cathi
Last seen for girls in 1990 at #12,958
- Peak · girls
- 1958 · 159 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,536since 1942
Cathi over time
Rank among girls' names. Cathi has never cracked the top 700 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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| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 |
| 1980 | #3,853 | 20 |
| 1979 | #3,541 | 22 |
| 1978 | #4,079 | 17 |
| 1977 | #4,235 | 16 |
| 1976 | #2,792 | 27 |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 |
| 1974 | #2,433 | 31 |
| 1973 | #2,565 | 28 |
| 1972 | #1,989 | 40 |
| 1971 | #1,877 | 46 |
| 1970 | #1,736 | 52 |
| 1969 | #1,499 | 62 |
| 1968 | #1,190 | 83 |
| 1967 | #1,702 | 45 |
| 1966 | #1,225 | 77 |
| 1965 | #1,240 | 75 |
| 1964 | #1,163 | 90 |
| 1963 | #1,026 | 108 |
| 1962 | #916 | 133 |
| 1961 | #826 | 162 |
| 1960 | #842 | 151 |
| 1959 | #815 | 158 |
| 1958 | #796 | 159 |
| 1957 | #878 | 135 |
| 1956 | #1,086 | 90 |
| 1955 | #1,261 | 64 |
| 1954 | #1,000 | 95 |
| 1953 | #1,071 | 81 |
| 1952 | #1,046 | 81 |
| 1951 | #1,339 | 48 |
| 1950 | #1,365 | 45 |
| 1949 | #1,512 | 37 |
| 1948 | #1,409 | 43 |
| 1947 | #1,413 | 43 |
| 1946 | #1,860 | 24 |
| 1945 | #2,916 | 10 |
| 1944 | #2,027 | 18 |
| 1943 | #2,695 | 12 |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Cathi! It came in at #3,738, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1989–2025, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Cathi is popular in 1952
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kansas#392 · 1 in 4,120
- California#562 · 1 in 7,297
- Ohio#711 · 1 in 15,832
- New York#845 · 1 in 19,305
Best ever in a state: #299 in Oregon, 1948.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Kansas | #392 | 5 | 1 in 4,120 |
| California | #562 | 18 | 1 in 7,297 |
| Ohio | #711 | 6 | 1 in 15,832 |
| New York | #845 | 8 | 1 in 19,305 |
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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 Cathi
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1990
- Biggest jump: 208 spots in 1957 (#1,086 → #878)
- Biggest drop: 261 spots in 1955 (#1,000 → #1,261)
- Debuted 1942
- Peaked 1958 at #796 (159 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1957–1962
- Highest: 1 in 12,460 girls born in 1961 were named Cathi (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 379,709 girls born in 1990 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #796 in 1958, was only 1 in 12,652 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 38.9% of all girls named Cathi (986) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1940s | 194 | #1,409 (1948) | #2,196 |
| 1950s | 956 | #796 (1958) | #1,066 |
| 1960s | 986 | #826 (1961) | #1,163 |
| 1970s | 292 | #1,736 (1970) | #2,984 |
| 1980s | 103 | #3,853 (1980) | #6,452 |
| 1990s | 5 | #12,958 (1990) | #12,958 |
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.
Cathi in 1952
Top girls' names in 1952
More about 1952
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1,854,335 girls got a published name in 1952; 1 in 22,893 of them was named Cathi, which outranked 83.6% of the 6,389 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,039Ira82
- #1,039Jonnie82
- #1,039Tena82
- #1,046Cathi81
- #1,046Alva81
- #1,046Carey81
- #1,046Hester81
- #1,055Kathern80
- #1,055Laurene80
- #1,055Lonna80
Tied with 8 names at #1,046; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.