Girls' name · since 1949
Cathyann
135 babies named Cathyann in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 1956. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,843 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 135
- born since 1949
- 1950s
- peak decade
Cathyann sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 135 recorded since 1949.
Cathyann has 135 recorded births among girls since 1949, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 1979.
- #23,843 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 135 born since 1949
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cathyann ranks #23,843 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 135 born since 1949, peaking in the 1950s.
- #23,843 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 135
- born since 1949
- 1950s
- peak decade
Cathyann's 135 recorded births place it above 66.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cathyann's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cathyann's SSA record in two at 1962 and the more recent half accounts for 44% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 56%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1962, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1956 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cathyann popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–1979
- Peak year (1956)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Cathyann by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (53 births, 39% of the file).
1950s was Cathyann's strongest decade.
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Cathyann births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 7
1940s
7 births
- 1950s
1950s
53 births
- 1960s
1960s
52 births
- 1970s
1970s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 53 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Cathyann's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (53 total births) through the 1970s (23) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cathyann: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1956)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1949–1979 (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 Cathyann 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.