first name
CATHY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 146,470 people named Cathy, 83.1% reported their origin as White, 6.9% as Black and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Cathy peaked in 1958, when 10,961 babies got the name.
At least 170,646 babies have been given the name since 1918. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Cathy by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #100. The largest share of babies named Cathy, 77.2%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Cathy is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Cathy has been most common in West Virginia (1.8×), Indiana (1.7×), and Ohio (1.4×), and least common in Nevada (0.37×).
167,455 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Cathy
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Cathy, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Cathy ranks #68,029 of 156,621, with 312 people. See Cathy as a last name
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