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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Cathey

Cathey was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1953, when it ranked 724th with 157 babies. More babies were named Cathey in the 1950s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1953157 babies
Total since 1880
2,216babies recorded

Cathey popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980#10,6065
1970#2,45630
1960#1,20082
1950#858106
1940——
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1920——
1910——
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1890——
1880——

How popular is Cathey, counting every spelling?

Cathey has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Cathey?

About 1,700 people born in the US named Cathey are alive today, with a median age of 70; half are between 65 and 75. That makes Cathey a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Cathey by state

How common Cathey was among girls born in each state in 1951–1955, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Oklahoma (6.6×), Tennessee (6.3×), North Carolina (4.5×), Arkansas (3.8×), Texas (3.2×). In 37 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesIL0.01Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesOH0.01Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesCA0.04Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesKY0.03West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesVA0.03Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 0.28 per 1,000 babiesAR0.28Tennessee: 0.45 per 1,000 babiesTN0.45North Carolina: 0.32 per 1,000 babiesNC0.32South Carolina: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesSC0.11District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.47 per 1,000 babiesOK0.47Louisiana: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesLA0.18Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesAL0.05Georgia: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesGA0.03Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesTX0.23Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Cathey, girls, 1951–1955. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Cathey: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Cathey, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Cathey

How popular is the name Cathey?

Cathey was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1953, when it ranked 724th with 157 babies. More babies were named Cathey in the 1950s than in any other decade.

Is Cathey a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 2,216 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Cathey most popular?

In 1951–1955, Cathey was most common in Oklahoma (0.47 per 1,000 girls), followed by Tennessee and North Carolina.