Girls' name · since 1920
Catha
Catha has 149 recorded births since 1920 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1957 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,810 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 149
- born since 1920
- 1950s
- peak decade
Catha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 149 have been recorded since 1920.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Catha has been recorded 149 times among girls since 1920, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 1972.
- #22,810 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 149 born since 1920
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Catha ranks #22,810 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 149 born since 1920, peaking in the 1950s.
- #22,810 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 149
- born since 1920
- 1950s
- peak decade
Catha's 149 recorded births place it above 68.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Catha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Catha's full recorded timeline at 1955, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1924, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1957 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Catha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–1972
- Peak year (1957)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Catha by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (81 births, 54% of the file).
1950s was Catha's strongest decade.
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Catha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 12
1920s
12 births
- 1930s 6
1930s
6 births
- 1940s 16
1940s
16 births
- 1950s
1950s
81 births
- 1960s 29
1960s
29 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 81 births (54% of all-time use).
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What to do with Catha's data
- Catha's decade-level peak was the 1950s (81 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Catha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1957)
Similar record span (~52 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1920–1972 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Catha 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 August 2026.