Cathy — #5973 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Cathy

The Social Security Administration has registered 170,291 babies named Cathy between 1918 and 2024, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cathy currently holds the #5973 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 10,942 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cathy performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 82,718 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Cathy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 14,552 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Cathy in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cathy 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 170,291 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.