Total births
27
Girls' name · since 1915
Cather
27 babies named Cather in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1915. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 27
- total births
- 1915–1938
- years on record
- 1930s
- peak decade
- 78%
- born in that decade
27 girls have been named Cather since 1915, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Cather has 27 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1938.
- 27 total births
- 1915–1938 years on record
- 1930s peak decade
- 78% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
27 girls have been named Cather since 1915, peaking in the 1930s, last recorded in 1938.
- 27
- total births
- 1915–1938
- years on record
- 1930s
- peak decade
- 78%
- born in that decade
1930s
Peak decade
78% of everyone ever named Cather was born in this single decade.
1915
Single peak year
6 babies were named Cather in 1915 - its busiest year on record.
Cather's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cather's SSA record in two at 1932 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1931, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1915 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cather at a glance
Last recorded 1938Peak year
1915
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1915
Cather popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1938
- Peak year (1915)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Cather by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1930s was Cather's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 78% of all-time use.
Cather births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1930s
1930s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 21 births (78% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Cather? ▼
27 babies have been named Cather since 1915. It was last recorded in 1938. The peak year was 1915 with 6 births.
When was Cather most popular? ▼
Cather was most popular in the 1930s decade with 21 total births. The single peak year was 1915.
How long has the name Cather been used? ▼
Cather has been recorded in Social Security data since 1915, spanning 24 years of data through 1938.
What names are similar to Cather? ▼
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 Cather
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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, 1915–1938 (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. "Cather: Baby Name Since 1915 - 27 Births, Peak 1915." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/cather. 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 Cather 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.