Caty

Peak · girls
1974 · 7 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
197
since 1974

Caty over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Caty has never cracked the top 6,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #6,900, 1974girls
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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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rankbirths
2025#10,9178
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2020#12,1427
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2008#17,5045
2007#10,81810
2006#15,1526
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2004#12,7617
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2001#15,3525
2000#8,53411
1999#8,80510
1998#11,1387
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1996#11,8076
1995#8,07910
1994#11,7786
1993#11,7806
1992#8,06510
1991#7,98710
1990#8,5019
1989#7,44910
1988#7,6919
1987#7,3539
1986#9,5456
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1974#6,9007
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First appearance
1974

The first year at least five girls were named Caty! It came in at #6,900, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1976–1983, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Caty is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Caty in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Caty
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,225 spots since 2020 (#12,142 → #10,917)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1974
  • Peaked 1974 at #6,900 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1976, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 165,094
  • Highest: 1 in 165,094 girls born in 2000 were named Caty (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #6,900 in 1974, was only 1 in 209,648 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 37.6% of all girls named Caty (74) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s18#6,900 (1974)#8,211
1980s46#7,353 (1987)#8,434
1990s74#7,987 (1991)#9,771
2000s44#8,534 (2000)#13,354
2010s0——
2020s15#10,917 (2025)#11,530

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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