Cathy
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Cathy
One of the most popular nicknames of the fifties and sixties — and who could forget the romantic heroine of "Wuthering Heights"? — now largely ignored in favor of Cate or Kate.
Cathy is also given to boys.
Pronounced KATH-ee.
As of October 2026, Cathy ranked #5318 in US births in 1974 SSA, peaked at #1645 in 1956.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | #3,338 | 48 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | #2,748 | 64 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | #3,111 | 53 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | #4,498 | 31 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | #3,515 | 44 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | #4,563 | 30 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | #4,284 | 32 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
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Cathy on lists
Famous Cathys
- Catherine Astrid Salome "Cathy" FreemanGirl
Australian Olympic sprinter
- Cathy Lee GuisewiteGirl
American comic,strip artist
- Catherine Roseanne "Cathy" DennisGirl
English singer,songwriter
- Cathy McLeodGirl
Canadian MP
- Catherine Mary "Cathy" JamiesonGirl
Scottish MP
Cathy in pop culture
- Catherine "Cathy" EarnshawGirl
main character in Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights"
- Cathy Andrews HillmanGirl
main character in comic strip "Cathy" by Cathy Guisewite
- Cathy DollangangerGirl
character in V.C. Andrews' Dollanganger series
- Cathy GaleGirl
character on British TV's "The Avengers"
- Cathy ChaterlyGirl
character in "Sims" series
- Catherine "Cathy" AlessiGirl
character on Australian soap "Neighbours"
- Chatty CathyGirl
talking doll by Mattel
- Catherine "Cathy" HiattGirl
main character in musical "The Last 5 Years" by Jason Robert Brown