Girls' name · since 1947
Cathye
Cathye has 125 recorded births since 1947 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1948 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,643 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 125
- born since 1947
- 1950s
- peak decade
Cathye sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 125 recorded since 1947.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cathye has been recorded 125 times among girls since 1947, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1947 to 1963.
- #24,643 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 125 born since 1947
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cathye ranks #24,643 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 125 born since 1947, peaking in the 1950s.
- #24,643 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 125
- born since 1947
- 1950s
- peak decade
Cathye's 125 recorded births place it above 65.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cathye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Cathye splits its recorded history at 1954: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1951 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1948 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Cathye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–1963
- Peak year (1948)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Cathye by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (78 births, 62% of the file).
1950s was Cathye's strongest decade.
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Cathye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 30
1940s
30 births
- 1950s
1950s
78 births
- 1960s 17
1960s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 78 births (62% of all-time use).
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What to do with Cathye's data
- Cathye's decade-level peak was the 1950s (78 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cathye: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1948)
Similar record span (~16 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, 1947–1963 (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 Cathye 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.