Catha — girls' name
149 babies named Catha in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 1957. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
54% of everyone ever named Catha was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Catha in 1957 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Catha
The Social Security Administration has registered 149 babies named Catha between 1920 and 1972, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Catha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1972. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Catha performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 81 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Catha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Catha 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 149 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.
Catha at a glance
Last recorded 1972Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Catha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1920
- Peak year (1957)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 53 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1972.
149 total births across 53 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1957 with 18 births in a single year.
Catha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 81 births that decade — 54% of Catha's all-time total
Catha decade highlights
- Peak decade 81 births
- Runner-up 29 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Catha's strongest decade
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% 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, 1920–1972 (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.