Cathy Girl
How popular is Cathy?
#8,360 girl name in 2025
12 baby girls were named Cathy in the US in 2025, making it the 8360th most popular girl name.
Cathy popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #8,360 for girls (▼ 2401 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 12 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-81% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,736 in 2015, #4,261 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1958 (10,942 girls) |
| Highest rank | #34 in 1958 |
| First recorded | 1918 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Cathy counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kathy family of names ranked #2,143 for girls in 2025 (#1,758 the year before), with 60 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kathy | 48 | 80% |
| Cathy | 12 | 20% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Cathy is most popular
Babies named Cathy per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (21 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Cathy by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 13 | #3,450 |
| 1920s | 118 | #1,896 |
| 1930s | 578 | #558 |
| 1940s | 15,550 | #81 |
| 1950s | 82,719 | #34 |
| 1960s | 51,624 | #46 |
| 1970s | 12,943 | #137 |
| 1980s | 3,662 | #401 |
| 1990s | 1,565 | #913 |
| 2000s | 916 | #1,522 |
| 2010s | 484 | #2,736 |
| 2020s | 131 | #4,261 |
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Questions
- Is Cathy a boy or girl name?
- Cathy is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Cathy were girls.
- How popular is the name Cathy?
- 12 baby girls were named Cathy in the US in 2025, making it the 8360th most popular girl name.
- When was Cathy most popular?
- Cathy peaked in 1958, when 10,942 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #34 in 1958.
- How many people are named Cathy?
- 170,646 babies have been named Cathy in the US since 1880. We estimate about 142,837 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 67.
- Where is Cathy most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Cathy was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.