Total births
18
Girls' name · since 1988
Catey
Catey has 18 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1988 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 18
- total births
- 1988–2006
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 61%
- born in that decade
Catey is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 18 have been recorded since 1988.
Catey has 18 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2006.
- 18 total births
- 1988–2006 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 61% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
18 girls have been named Catey since 1988, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2006.
- 18
- total births
- 1988–2006
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 61%
- born in that decade
2000s
Peak decade
61% of everyone ever named Catey was born in this single decade.
1988
Single peak year
7 babies were named Catey in 1988 - its busiest year on record.
Catey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Catey's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 61% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 39%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2006, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1988 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Catey at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
1988
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1988
Catey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2006
- Peak year (1988)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Catey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Catey's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Catey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
7 births
- 2000s
2000s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 11 births (61% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Catey? ▼
18 babies have been named Catey since 1988. It was last recorded in 2006. The peak year was 1988 with 7 births.
When was Catey most popular? ▼
Catey was most popular in the 2000s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 1988.
How long has the name Catey been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Catey since 1988 -- 19 years through the most recent 2006 data.
What names are similar to Catey? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Catherine, Cathy, Catalina, Cathleen, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
Keep exploring Catey
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1988–2006 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Catey: Baby Name Since 1988 - 18 Births, Peak 1988." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/catey. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Catey draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.