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Cathy Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Cathy?

Ranking 3,499th in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Cathy is rare.

Although not currently within the top 1000, Cathy has seen higher popularity rankings.

Position 34, its highest popularity ranking, was reached in 1958 with 10,934 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Cathy was less than 5, most recently in 1917.

Approximately during the years 1923-1926, and 1927-1958, the name Cathy took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1959-1968, 1969-1978, 1980-1986, 1990-1993, and 2004-2009.

Cathy became more popular as a girls name in 1918.

Currently, the name is at an extremely low point when compared to its most popular year.

How popular will Cathy be?

The popularity trend for Cathy has steadily decreased for a while. Of late, continuing the trend, the number of parents selecting the name Cathy for their newborn has dropped.

The name Cathy is very unique and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Cathy is very rarely used as a given name.

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   Cathy (Girl)Cathy (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 44 3,499 < 5 --
2017 31 4,486 < 5 --
2016 53 3,106 < 5 --
2015 64 2,741 < 5 --
2014 48 3,334 < 5 --
2013 59 2,872 < 5 --
2012 56 3,009 < 5 --
2011 47 3,412 < 5 --
2010 52 3,163 < 5 --
2009 56 3,052 < 5 --
2008 61 2,891 < 5 --
2007 79 2,398 < 5 --
2006 88 2,190 < 5 --
2005 93 2,015 < 5 --
2004 104 1,823 < 5 --
2003 103 1,814 < 5 --
2002 93 1,899 < 5 --
2001 120 1,546 < 5 --
2000 119 1,526 < 5 --
1999 116 1,482 < 5 --
1998 124 1,382 < 5 --
1997 133 1,305 < 5 --
1996 129 1,318 < 5 --
1995 142 1,210 < 5 --
1994 164 1,096 < 5 --
1993 153 1,160 < 5 --
1992 186 1,010 < 5 --
1991 210 915 < 5 --
1990 210 913 < 5 --
1989 224 839 < 5 --
1988 227 807 < 5 --
1987 246 733 < 5 --
1986 272 676 < 5 --
1985 362 548 < 5 --
1984 373 521 < 5 --
1983 372 514 < 5 --
1982 486 443 < 5 --
1981 533 413 < 5 --
1980 568 401 < 5 --
1979 587 380 < 5 --
1978 639 340 < 5 --
1977 743 319 < 5 --
1976 809 283 < 5 --
1975 970 252 < 5 --
1974 1,167 222 5 5,317
1973 1,437 185 5 5,199
1972 1,736 169 < 5 --
1971 2,270 141 9 3,400
1970 2,585 137 11 2,919
1969 2,521 133 10 2,891
1968 2,400 134 7 3,416
1967 2,826 118 8 3,023
1966 3,421 99 11 2,483
1965 4,152 88 5 3,992
1964 5,502 75 18 1,909
1963 6,318 67 10 2,701
1962 7,148 62 20 1,814
1961 8,199 55 19 1,887
1960 9,135 45 21 1,780
1959 10,414 39 23 1,674
1958 10,934 34 19 1,845
1957 10,317 39 23 1,678
1956 10,137 36 23 1,643
1955 8,661 44 15 2,054
1954 7,212 59 6 3,499
1953 7,298 56 13 2,197
1952 7,010 56 8 2,908
1951 5,699 71 < 5 --
1950 5,030 75 10 2,455
1949 4,407 81 15 1,953
1948 3,562 104 8 2,814
1947 2,859 119 10 2,523
1946 1,623 167 5 3,596
1945 824 231 6 3,033
1944 680 264 < 5 --
1943 606 282 < 5 --
1942 483 315 < 5 --
1941 312 389 < 5 --
1940 195 496 < 5 --
1939 144 559 < 5 --
1938 89 725 < 5 --
1937 72 811 < 5 --
1936 53 943 < 5 --
1935 60 893 < 5 --
1934 47 1,009 < 5 --
1933 35 1,205 < 5 --
1932 29 1,388 < 5 --
1931 24 1,558 < 5 --
1930 25 1,579 < 5 --
1929 14 2,325 < 5 --
1928 20 1,910 < 5 --
1927 17 2,183 < 5 --
1926 17 2,175 < 5 --
1925 12 2,805 < 5 --
1924 13 2,689 < 5 --
1923 8 3,700 < 5 --
1922 6 4,535 < 5 --
1921 7 4,085 < 5 --
1920 5 5,101 < 5 --
1919 8 3,516 < 5 --
1918 5 4,936 < 5 --
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.