NameTrends.U.S. Baby Name Data

Cathy Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Cathy: every year it appeared on the national list since 1945, with 343 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
343
Peak year
1956 #1645
Years on the list
28
10-year trend
-28.6%

In the 1950s ·

Popularity history

1945–1974

YearBirthsRank
195923#1671
196021#1779
196119#1888
196220#1811
19639#2888
196418#1909
19655#3992
196612#2351
19678#3028
19687#3417
196910#2891
197011#2917
19719#3402
19735#5204
19745#5318

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1956

State-level records for this name and year are not published (names with fewer than 5 births in a state are suppressed).

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