Cathey — girls' name

What the Data Says About Cathey

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,216 babies named Cathey between 1939 and 1983, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cathey currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1983. The name reached its historical peak in 1953, when 157 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cathey performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 1,200 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Cathey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 371 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Cathey in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cathey 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 2,216 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.