How Many People Are Named Cathey?
people named Cathey are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 195,641 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,216 babies named Cathey in Social Security records from 1939 to 1983, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
157 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Cathey in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Cathey alive today is about 68 years old, and 88% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 64 and 74 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Cathey first appears in the records in 1939 and was given most often in 1953, to 157 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1983.
Babies given the name each year, 1939 to 1983
🏆 Rank History
Cathey has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #723, in 1953.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #723 (1953) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #901 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Cathey alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Cathey were born in Texas than in any other state: about 285 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Cathey was given 9.6 times as often in Oklahoma, 8.6 times in Tennessee and 5.7 times in North Carolina.
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