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.

Cathy

#237 most common girls' name of all time · #443 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1918–2025

Rank among girls
#237
Rank overall
#443 of 105,966
First appeared
1918
Years on the list
108 of 146
All-time
170,646
Since 2016
289
Peak year
1958 #34
Best rank
#34 1958
Girls Boys peak 10,961/yr
192019401960198020002020

Cathy first appears in 1918. 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
2025 12 — 12 #8,423
2024 20 — 20 #5,998
2023 25 — 25 #5,143
2022 20 — 20 #6,023
2021 22 — 22 #5,596
2020 32 — 32 #4,284
2019 30 — 30 #4,570
2018 44 — 44 #3,512
2017 31 — 31 #4,496
2016 53 — 53 #3,112
2015 64 — 64 #2,741
2014 48 — 48 #3,337
2013 59 — 59 #2,877
2012 56 — 56 #3,015
2011 47 — 47 #3,413
2010 52 — 52 #3,170
2009 56 — 56 #3,058
2008 61 — 61 #2,896
2007 79 — 79 #2,398
2006 88 — 88 #2,190
2005 93 — 93 #2,018
2004 104 — 104 #1,821
2003 103 — 103 #1,816
2002 93 — 93 #1,904
2001 120 — 120 #1,546
2000 119 — 119 #1,525
1999 116 — 116 #1,486
1998 124 — 124 #1,385
1997 133 — 133 #1,306
1996 129 — 129 #1,321
1995 141 — 141 #1,216
1994 164 — 164 #1,097
1993 153 — 153 #1,159
1992 186 — 186 #1,012
1991 210 — 210 #916
1990 209 — 209 #917
1989 224 — 224 #840
1988 227 — 227 #808
1987 246 — 246 #737
1986 273 — 273 #674
1985 362 — 362 #548
1984 372 — 372 #521
1983 371 — 371 #514
1982 486 — 486 #443
1981 534 — 534 #413
1980 567 — 567 #403
1979 588 — 588 #380
1978 639 — 639 #340
1977 743 — 743 #319
1976 809 — 809 #284
1975 970 — 970 #252
1974 1,167 5 1,172 #222
1973 1,435 5 1,440 #185
1972 1,736 — 1,736 #169
1971 2,270 9 2,279 #141
1970 2,586 11 2,597 #137
1969 2,520 10 2,530 #133
1968 2,400 7 2,407 #134
1967 2,825 8 2,833 #118
1966 3,421 12 3,433 #99
1965 4,151 5 4,156 #88
1964 5,502 18 5,520 #75
1963 6,319 9 6,328 #67
1962 7,145 20 7,165 #62
1961 8,211 19 8,230 #55
1960 9,130 21 9,151 #46
1959 10,408 23 10,431 #39
1958 10,942 19 10,961 #34
1957 10,325 23 10,348 #39
1956 10,132 23 10,155 #36
1955 8,665 15 8,680 #44
1954 7,207 6 7,213 #59
1953 7,301 13 7,314 #56
1952 7,011 8 7,019 #56
1951 5,697 — 5,697 #71
1950 5,031 10 5,041 #75
1949 4,407 15 4,422 #81
1948 3,561 8 3,569 #104
1947 2,859 10 2,869 #119
1946 1,623 5 1,628 #167
1945 824 6 830 #231
1944 680 — 680 #264
1943 606 — 606 #282
1942 483 — 483 #315
1941 312 — 312 #390
1940 195 — 195 #496
1939 144 — 144 #562
1938 89 — 89 #729
1937 72 — 72 #814
1936 53 — 53 #950
1935 60 — 60 #895
1934 47 — 47 #1,017
1933 35 — 35 #1,222
1932 29 — 29 #1,417
1931 24 — 24 #1,588
1930 25 — 25 #1,604
1929 14 — 14 #2,424
1928 20 — 20 #1,959
1927 17 — 17 #2,249
1926 17 — 17 #2,254
1925 12 — 12 #2,933
1924 13 — 13 #2,802
1923 8 — 8 #3,934
1922 5 — 5 #5,520
1921 7 — 7 #4,398
1920 5 — 5 #5,507
1919 8 — 8 #3,794
1918 5 — 5 #5,383