Girls' name · since 1971
Catie
1,033 babies named Catie in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,341 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,526 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,033
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
1,033 babies have been named Catie since 1971, making it today's #13526 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Catie recorded 1,033 times among girls since 1971, holding rank #13526 nationally today, ahead of 22% of girls, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2025.
- #7,341 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,526 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,033 born since 1971
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Catie ranks #7,341 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,526 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,033 born since 1971, peaking in the 1990s.
- #7,341 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,526 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,033
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Catie's 1,033 recorded births place it above 89.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Catie compares
1,033 Top 32% higher than 68% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Catie's all-time total is 175% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Catie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,033 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 42 | 21 | 19,840 |
Catie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Catie splits its recorded history at 2000: 43% of all births land in the more recent half, 57% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1973 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 42 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Catie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2025
- Peak year (1990)
- 42
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Catie by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (310 births, 30% of the file).
1990s was Catie's strongest decade.
310 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Catie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 37
1970s
37 births
- 1980s
1980s
244 births
- 1990s
1990s
310 births
- 2000s
2000s
268 births
- 2010s
2010s
128 births
- 2020s 46
2020s
46 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 310 births (30% of all-time use).
How Catie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Catie's total volume
Catie by state
Where Catie concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 31 | 3.0% |
| #2 | California | | 10 | 1.0% |
31 of 1,033 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Catie's data
- Catie's decade-level peak was the 1990s (310 total births); usage has since declined to 46 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Caties (31 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Catie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~54 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, 1971–2025 (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 Catie 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.