Girls' name · since 1946
Cathee
Cathee has 27 recorded births since 1946 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1958 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #42,121 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 1946
- 1950s
- peak decade
Cathee is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 27 have been recorded since 1946.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cathee has been recorded 27 times among girls since 1946, 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 1946 to 1958.
- #42,121 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 27 born since 1946
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cathee ranks #42,121 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 1946, peaking in the 1950s.
- #42,121 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 1946
- 1950s
- peak decade
Cathee's 27 recorded births place it above 41.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cathee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cathee's SSA record in two at 1954 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1946, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1958 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cathee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–1958
- Peak year (1958)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1958.
27 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1958 with 9 births in a single year.
Cathee by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (17 births, 63% of the file).
1950s was Cathee's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Cathee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
10 births
- 1950s
1950s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 17 births (63% of all-time use).
Cathee decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cathee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1958)
Similar record span (~12 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, 1946–1958 (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 Cathee 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.
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