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Cathi

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Cathi is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 796th, in 1958.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
1961162 births
Best rank
#796in 1958
Since 1942
2,536people given the name
Babies named Cathi, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

2,536 girls have been named Cathi in the United States since 1942, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1961, with 162 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 162 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1960, and the 1960s alone account for 39%. It has spent 6 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadegirls named Cathi
1940s194
1950s956
1960s986
1970s292
1980s103
1990s5

In 1961, its biggest year

Cathi was the 826th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1961 were Mary, Lisa, Susan, Linda and Karen. See all of 1961.

Names that rose and fell with Cathi

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.