Girls' name · since 1974
Caty
197 babies named Caty in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,941 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,172 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 197
- born since 1974
- 1990s
- peak decade
Caty currently ranks #11172 among girls' names in America, with 197 babies recorded since 1974.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Caty has been recorded 197 times among girls since 1974, currently ranked #11172 nationally and more common than 35% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2025.
- #19,941 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,172 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 197 born since 1974
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Caty ranks #19,941 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,172 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 197 born since 1974, peaking in the 1990s.
- #19,941 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,172 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 197
- born since 1974
- 1990s
- peak decade
Caty's 197 recorded births place it above 72.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Caty compares
197 36th percentile among 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
Caty's all-time total is 48% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Caty | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 197 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Caty's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Caty's full recorded timeline at 1994, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1978, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2000 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Caty popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2025
- Peak year (2000)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Caty by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (74 births, 38% of the file).
1990s was Caty's strongest decade.
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Caty births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 18
1970s
18 births
- 1980s
1980s
46 births
- 1990s
1990s
74 births
- 2000s
2000s
44 births
- 2020s 15
2020s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 74 births (38% of all-time use).
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What to do with Caty's data
- Caty's decade-level peak was the 1990s (74 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 2020s -- 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Caty: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1974–2025 (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 Caty 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.