Cathey
Cathey is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 724th, in 1953.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1953157 births
- Best rank
- #724in 1953
- Since 1939
- 2,216people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,216 girls have been named Cathey in the United States since 1939, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1953, with 157 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 157 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1955, and the 1950s alone account for 54%. It has spent 10 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1953, its biggest year
Cathey was the 724th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1953 were Mary, Linda, Deborah, Patricia and Susan. See all of 1953.
Names that rose and fell with Cathey
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jannpeak 1956
- Risepeak 1955
- Katheypeak 1956
- Kathiepeak 1954
- Vickipeak 1954
- Janpeak 1956
- Cathiepeak 1958
- Deberapeak 1955
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.