Cathey is an uncommon variant of Cathy that was most common in the 1950s and has all but disappeared.
Cathey is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1983. Cathey was first reported in SSA data in 1939 and peaked in 1953 (157 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 5 | — | #10,501 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | #10,735 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | #10,606 |
| 1979 | 5 | — | #10,424 |
| 1977 | 7 | — | #7,662 |
| 1976 | 7 | — | #7,387 |
| 1975 | 10 | — | #5,586 |
| 1974 | 8 | — | #6,329 |
| 1973 | 8 | — | #6,161 |
| 1972 | 17 | — | #3,567 |
| 1971 | 16 | — | #3,808 |
| 1970 | 30 | — | #2,456 |
| 1969 | 27 | — | #2,528 |
| 1968 | 23 | — | #2,640 |
| 1967 | 25 | — | #2,440 |
| 1966 | 28 | — | #2,257 |
| 1965 | 52 | — | #1,547 |
| 1964 | 54 | — | #1,549 |
| 1963 | 57 | — | #1,481 |
| 1962 | 64 | — | #1,384 |
| 1961 | 65 | — | #1,387 |
| 1960 | 82 | — | #1,200 |
| 1959 | 95 | — | #1,099 |
| 1958 | 90 | — | #1,113 |
| 1957 | 110 | — | #990 |
| 1956 | 118 | — | #929 |
| 1955 | 144 | — | #804 |
| 1954 | 100 | — | #969 |
| 1953 | 157 | — | #724 |
| 1952 | 146 | — | #733 |
| 1951 | 134 | — | #761 |
| 1950 | 106 | — | #858 |
| 1949 | 97 | — | #896 |
| 1948 | 80 | — | #971 |
| 1947 | 63 | — | #1,129 |
| 1946 | 51 | — | #1,209 |
| 1945 | 33 | — | #1,402 |
| 1944 | 20 | — | #1,922 |
| 1943 | 27 | — | #1,628 |
| 1942 | 23 | — | #1,767 |
| 1941 | 16 | — | #2,106 |
| 1939 | 6 | — | #3,825 |