Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Cathi

#3,826 most common girls' name of all time · #6,547 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1942–1990

Rank among girls
#3,826
Rank overall
#6,547 of 105,966
First appeared
1942
Years on the list
48 of 146
All-time
2,536
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1961 #827
Best rank
#798 1958
Girls Boys peak 162/yr
19601980

Cathi first appears in 1942. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1990 5 — 5 #13,306
1988 12 — 12 #6,371
1987 9 — 9 #7,511
1986 12 — 12 #5,852
1985 5 — 5 #11,031
1984 7 — 7 #8,379
1983 11 — 11 #5,929
1982 13 — 13 #5,318
1981 14 — 14 #5,054
1980 20 — 20 #3,902
1979 22 — 22 #3,588
1978 17 — 17 #4,144
1977 16 — 16 #4,306
1976 27 — 27 #2,827
1975 13 — 13 #4,694
1974 31 — 31 #2,465
1973 28 — 28 #2,597
1972 40 — 40 #2,008
1971 46 — 46 #1,893
1970 52 — 52 #1,744
1969 62 — 62 #1,510
1968 83 — 83 #1,194
1967 45 — 45 #1,725
1966 77 — 77 #1,231
1965 75 — 75 #1,250
1964 90 — 90 #1,166
1963 108 — 108 #1,034
1962 133 — 133 #919
1961 162 — 162 #827
1960 151 — 151 #848
1959 158 — 158 #817
1958 159 — 159 #798
1957 135 — 135 #880
1956 90 — 90 #1,093
1955 64 — 64 #1,271
1954 95 — 95 #1,010
1953 81 — 81 #1,077
1952 81 — 81 #1,054
1951 48 — 48 #1,360
1950 45 — 45 #1,374
1949 37 — 37 #1,541
1948 43 — 43 #1,421
1947 43 — 43 #1,437
1946 24 — 24 #1,916
1945 10 — 10 #3,124
1944 18 — 18 #2,093
1943 12 — 12 #2,855
1942 7 — 7 #4,107