Cathy

Girl name

Cathy has been given to 170,646 babies in the U.S. since 1918. It peaked in 1958.

Meaning & origin /ˈkæθi/

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

170,646

Peak year

1958 (10,961 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1918

10-year trend

▼ -81%

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

Cathy Freeman

Australian short-distance runner

Cathy Moriarty

Actress

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Cathy.

170,153 babies since 1899

169,795 babies since 1880

172,330 babies since 1880

168,442 babies since 1882

163,084 babies since 1901

180,911 babies since 1881

159,756 babies since 1881

159,755 babies since 1884

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