Cattie — girls' name
89 babies named Cattie in U.S. Social Security records since 1886, with the highest year being 1891. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
27% of everyone ever named Cattie was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Cattie in 1891 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cattie
The Social Security Administration has registered 89 babies named Cattie between 1886 and 1940, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cattie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1940. The name reached its historical peak in 1891, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cattie performed strongest in the 1890s, accumulating 24 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Cattie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Cattie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cattie 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 89 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.
Cattie at a glance
Last recorded 1940Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cattie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1940–1886
- Peak year (1891)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1940.
89 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1891 with 8 births in a single year.
Cattie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1890s
- 24 births that decade — 27% of Cattie's all-time total
Cattie decade highlights
- Peak decade 24 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1890s was Cattie's strongest decade
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Cattie by state
Where Cattie concentrates geographically — total births since 1886
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 5 | 5.6% |
5 of 89 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- North Carolina 5.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Carolina accounts for 5.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1886–1940 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.