Cathi — girls' name

What the Data Says About Cathi

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,536 babies named Cathi between 1942 and 1990, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cathi currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 162 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cathi performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 986 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Cathi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 328 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Cathi in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cathi 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 2,536 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.