Cathy was a very popular girls' name that peaked at #34 in 1958 but is far less common today.
Cathy is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #8,463 for girl births in the United States (and #14,465 across all names), given to 12 babies. Cathy was first reported in SSA data in 1918 and peaked in 1958 (10,942 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | 12 | #8,463 | — |
| 2024 | 20 | 20 | #5,990 | — |
| 2023 | 25 | 25 | #5,156 | — |
| 2022 | 20 | 20 | #6,040 | — |
| 2021 | 22 | 22 | #5,604 | — |
| 2020 | 32 | 32 | #4,286 | — |
| 2019 | 30 | 30 | #4,564 | — |
| 2018 | 44 | 44 | #3,516 | — |
| 2017 | 31 | 31 | #4,499 | — |
| 2016 | 53 | 53 | #3,111 | — |
| 2015 | 64 | 64 | #2,749 | — |
| 2014 | 48 | 48 | #3,338 | — |
| 2013 | 59 | 59 | #2,876 | — |
| 2012 | 56 | 56 | #3,015 | — |
| 2011 | 47 | 47 | #3,419 | — |
| 2010 | 52 | 52 | #3,166 | — |
| 2009 | 56 | 56 | #3,053 | — |
| 2008 | 61 | 61 | #2,894 | — |
| 2007 | 79 | 79 | #2,398 | — |
| 2006 | 88 | 88 | #2,190 | — |
| 2005 | 93 | 93 | #2,016 | — |
| 2004 | 104 | 104 | #1,823 | — |
| 2003 | 103 | 103 | #1,816 | — |
| 2002 | 93 | 93 | #1,900 | — |
| 2001 | 120 | 120 | #1,546 | — |
| 2000 | 119 | 119 | #1,527 | — |
| 1999 | 116 | 116 | #1,482 | — |
| 1998 | 124 | 124 | #1,383 | — |
| 1997 | 133 | — | #1,305 | — |
| 1996 | 129 | — | #1,319 | — |
| 1995 | 141 | — | #1,217 | — |
| 1994 | 164 | — | #1,097 | — |
| 1993 | 153 | — | #1,160 | — |
| 1992 | 186 | — | #1,010 | — |
| 1991 | 210 | — | #915 | — |
| 1990 | 209 | — | #916 | — |
| 1989 | 224 | — | #839 | — |
| 1988 | 227 | — | #807 | — |
| 1987 | 246 | — | #734 | — |
| 1986 | 273 | — | #671 | — |
| 1985 | 362 | — | #548 | — |
| 1984 | 372 | — | #522 | — |
| 1983 | 371 | — | #514 | — |
| 1982 | 486 | — | #443 | — |
| 1981 | 534 | — | #412 | — |
| 1980 | 567 | — | #402 | — |
| 1979 | 588 | — | #380 | — |
| 1978 | 639 | — | #340 | — |
| 1977 | 743 | — | #319 | — |
| 1976 | 809 | — | #283 | — |
| 1975 | 970 | — | #252 | — |
| 1974 | 1,172 | — | #222 | #5,318 |
| 1973 | 1,440 | — | #185 | #5,204 |
| 1972 | 1,736 | — | #169 | — |
| 1971 | 2,279 | — | #141 | #3,402 |
| 1970 | 2,597 | — | #137 | #2,917 |
| 1969 | 2,530 | — | #133 | #2,891 |
| 1968 | 2,407 | — | #134 | #3,417 |
| 1967 | 2,833 | — | #118 | #3,028 |
| 1966 | 3,433 | — | #99 | #2,351 |
| 1965 | 4,156 | — | #88 | #3,992 |
| 1964 | 5,520 | — | #75 | #1,909 |
| 1963 | 6,328 | — | #67 | #2,888 |
| 1962 | 7,165 | — | #62 | #1,811 |
| 1961 | 8,230 | — | #55 | #1,888 |
| 1960 | 9,151 | — | #46 | #1,779 |
| 1959 | 10,431 | — | #39 | #1,671 |
| 1958 | 10,961 | — | #34 | #1,851 |
| 1957 | 10,348 | — | #39 | #1,678 |
| 1956 | 10,155 | — | #36 | #1,645 |
| 1955 | 8,680 | — | #44 | #2,059 |
| 1954 | 7,213 | — | #59 | #3,499 |
| 1953 | 7,314 | — | #56 | #2,199 |
| 1952 | 7,019 | — | #56 | #2,908 |
| 1951 | 5,697 | — | #71 | — |
| 1950 | 5,041 | — | #75 | #2,457 |
| 1949 | 4,422 | — | #81 | #1,953 |
| 1948 | 3,569 | — | #104 | #2,814 |
| 1947 | 2,869 | — | #119 | #2,524 |
| 1946 | 1,628 | — | #167 | #3,597 |
| 1945 | 830 | — | #231 | #3,036 |
| 1944 | 680 | — | #264 | — |
| 1943 | 606 | — | #282 | — |
| 1942 | 483 | — | #315 | — |
| 1941 | 312 | — | #389 | — |
| 1940 | 195 | — | #496 | — |
| 1939 | 144 | — | #559 | — |
| 1938 | 89 | — | #725 | — |
| 1937 | 72 | — | #811 | — |
| 1936 | 53 | — | #943 | — |
| 1935 | 60 | — | #893 | — |
| 1934 | 47 | — | #1,009 | — |
| 1933 | 35 | — | #1,205 | — |
| 1932 | 29 | — | #1,389 | — |
| 1931 | 24 | — | #1,558 | — |
| 1930 | 25 | — | #1,579 | — |
| 1929 | 14 | — | #2,324 | — |
| 1928 | 20 | — | #1,911 | — |
| 1927 | 17 | — | #2,182 | — |
| 1926 | 17 | — | #2,175 | — |
| 1925 | 12 | — | #2,805 | — |
| 1924 | 13 | — | #2,689 | — |
| 1923 | 8 | — | #3,700 | — |
| 1922 | 5 | — | #5,133 | — |
| 1921 | 7 | — | #4,085 | — |
| 1920 | 5 | — | #5,101 | — |
| 1919 | 8 | — | #3,516 | — |
| 1918 | 5 | — | #4,936 | — |