Catessa — girls' name
29 babies named Catessa in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
66% of everyone ever named Catessa was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Catessa in 1983 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Catessa
The Social Security Administration has registered 29 babies named Catessa between 1976 and 1988, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Catessa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Catessa performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Catessa shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Catessa in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 29 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Catessa at a glance
Last recorded 1988Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Catessa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1976
- Peak year (1983)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1988.
29 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1983 with 7 births in a single year.
Catessa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 19 births that decade — 66% of Catessa's all-time total
Catessa decade highlights
- Peak decade 19 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Catessa's strongest decade
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 66% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1976–1988 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.