Cathey
#4,194 most common girls' name of all time · #7,134 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1939–1983
Rank among girls
#4,194
Rank overall
#7,134 of 105,966
First appeared
1939
Years on the list
42 of 146
All-time
2,216
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1953 #728
Best rank
#728 1953
Girls
Boys
peak 157/yr
Cathey first appears in 1939. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,634 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,872 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,752 |
| 1979 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,565 |
| 1977 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,808 |
| 1976 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,527 |
| 1975 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,678 |
| 1974 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,453 |
| 1973 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,280 |
| 1972 | 17 | — | 17 | #3,626 |
| 1971 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,869 |
| 1970 | 30 | — | 30 | #2,492 |
| 1969 | 27 | — | 27 | #2,555 |
| 1968 | 23 | — | 23 | #2,674 |
| 1967 | 25 | — | 25 | #2,464 |
| 1966 | 28 | — | 28 | #2,284 |
| 1965 | 52 | — | 52 | #1,558 |
| 1964 | 54 | — | 54 | #1,556 |
| 1963 | 57 | — | 57 | #1,488 |
| 1962 | 64 | — | 64 | #1,392 |
| 1961 | 65 | — | 65 | #1,393 |
| 1960 | 82 | — | 82 | #1,210 |
| 1959 | 95 | — | 95 | #1,103 |
| 1958 | 90 | — | 90 | #1,116 |
| 1957 | 110 | — | 110 | #994 |
| 1956 | 118 | — | 118 | #933 |
| 1955 | 144 | — | 144 | #808 |
| 1954 | 100 | — | 100 | #977 |
| 1953 | 157 | — | 157 | #728 |
| 1952 | 146 | — | 146 | #735 |
| 1951 | 134 | — | 134 | #764 |
| 1950 | 106 | — | 106 | #865 |
| 1949 | 97 | — | 97 | #902 |
| 1948 | 80 | — | 80 | #976 |
| 1947 | 63 | — | 63 | #1,138 |
| 1946 | 51 | — | 51 | #1,218 |
| 1945 | 33 | — | 33 | #1,417 |
| 1944 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,965 |
| 1943 | 27 | — | 27 | #1,662 |
| 1942 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,802 |
| 1941 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,188 |
| 1939 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,221 |