Cathie

Last seen for girls in 1998 at #12,426

Peak · girls
1951 · 266 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,586
since 1926

Cathie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Cathie has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201958peak #505, 1951girls
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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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1998#12,4266
1997#13,7245
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1989#9,6817
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1987#6,78810
1986#10,9125
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1984#7,3988
1983#9,0156
1982#7,4698
1981#4,53216
1980#4,51716
1979#4,05218
1978#5,21412
1977#2,78029
1976#3,18822
1975#2,61229
1974#2,43331
1973#1,97941
1972#1,69852
1971#1,77250
1970#1,57061
1969#1,66752
1968#1,51956
1967#1,18780
1966#1,30469
1965#1,10990
1964#940126
1963#854150
1962#829160
1961#769185
1960#724195
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1958#597277
1957#625244
1956#599252
1955#599237
1954#582241
1953#520271
1952#526259
1951#505266
1950#535242
1949#534240
1948#548228
1947#528250
1946#615166
1945#673121
1944#625136
1943#80791
1942#734105
1941#1,05248
1940#1,40429
1939#2,03816
1938#3,1818
1937#3,4347
1936#3,7016
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First appearance
1926

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 1958

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Cathie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Cathie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Cathie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Cathie, so not publishedNHWashington: #445 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,067 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Cathie, so not publishedIDMontana: #249 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,314 girlsMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cathie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #483 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,553 girlsMNIllinois: #607 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 8,172 girlsILWisconsin: #519 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,668 girlsWIMichigan: #468 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 5,409 girlsMINew York: #529 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 6,524 girlsNYMassachusetts: #371 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,359 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Cathie, so not publishedRIOregon: #315 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,171 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Cathie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Cathie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cathie, so not publishedSDIowa: #447 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,501 girlsIAIndiana: #547 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,205 girlsINOhio: #502 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 6,285 girlsOHPennsylvania: #713 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 14,489 girlsPANew Jersey: #485 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,385 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Cathie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #534 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 5,433 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Cathie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Cathie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Cathie, so not publishedNEMissouri: #517 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,361 girlsMOKentucky: #523 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,581 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Cathie, so not publishedWVVirginia: #436 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,538 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Cathie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Cathie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Cathie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Cathie, so not publishedNMKansas: #394 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,508 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Cathie, so not publishedARTennessee: #467 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,235 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #515 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,152 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Cathie, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Cathie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Cathie, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Cathie, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Cathie, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Cathie, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Cathie, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Cathie, so not publishedHITexas: #958 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 14,033 girlsTXFlorida: #489 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,746 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Montana#249 · 1 in 1,314
  2. Oregon#315 · 1 in 2,171
  3. Massachusetts#371 · 1 in 5,359
  4. Kansas#394 · 1 in 3,508
  5. Virginia#436 · 1 in 4,538

Best ever in a state: #209 in Idaho, 1948.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Montana#24951 in 1,314
Oregon#31571 in 2,171
Massachusetts#371101 in 5,359
Kansas#39461 in 3,508
Virginia#43691 in 4,538
Washington#44571 in 4,067
Iowa#44751 in 5,501
Tennessee#46771 in 5,235
Michigan#468171 in 5,409
Minnesota#48351 in 7,553
New Jersey#48591 in 6,385
Florida#489101 in 4,746
Ohio#502171 in 6,285
North Carolina#51581 in 6,152
Missouri#51771 in 6,361
Wisconsin#51951 in 8,668
Kentucky#52351 in 6,581
New York#529261 in 6,524
California#534301 in 5,433
Indiana#54771 in 7,205
Illinois#607131 in 8,172
Pennsylvania#71381 in 14,489
Texas#95881 in 14,033
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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
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
25 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1926
  • Peaked 1951 at #505 (266 births)
  • Births halved by 1964, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 23 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1942–1964
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,770
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 44.8% of all girls named Cathie (2,504) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s10#4,805 (1927)#4,828
1930s57#2,038 (1939)#3,304
1940s1,414#528 (1947)#752
1950s2,504#505 (1951)#577
1960s1,163#724 (1960)#1,090
1970s345#1,570 (1970)#2,730
1980s76#4,517 (1980)#7,539
1990s17#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 1958

girls
#597
277 births · 1 in 7,262 girls

Top girls' names in 1958

  1. #1Mary55,848
  2. #2Susan45,175
  3. #3Linda41,904
  4. #4Karen38,487
  5. #5Patricia37,961
  6. #6Debra35,521
  7. #7Deborah32,943
  8. #8Cynthia31,014
  9. #9Barbara27,874
  10. #10Donna26,959
  11. #597Cathie277
More about 1958

girls

2,011,619 girls got a published name in 1958; 1 in 7,262 of them was named Cathie, which outranked 91.5% of the 7,030 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cathie
  1. #594Caryn279
  2. #595Althea278
  3. #595Marisa278
  4. #597Cathie277
  5. #598Johanna275
  6. #598Vikki275
  7. #600Eve273
Biggest movers since 1957
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,133Brigitte#1,904 → #771
  2. ↑ 760Samantha#1,754 → #994
  3. ↑ 709Selena#1,388 → #679
  4. ↑ 672Tambra#1,588 → #916
  5. ↑ 570Bridgette#1,274 → #704
Fallers
  1. ↓ 312Sarita#970 → #1,282
  2. ↓ 311Beryl#910 → #1,221
  3. ↓ 309Sherree#827 → #1,136
  4. ↓ 275Winnie#965 → #1,240
  5. ↓ 236Jacalyn#975 → #1,211

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1958 →