girl's name

Cathie

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 7,814

Cathie is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 1998 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1958, when 277 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1926.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Cathie over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1920s to 1990s. The striped bar is the 1990s, still in progress — it covers 1990 to 1998, not a full ten years.

2,504
'20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90
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Births named Cathie by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1920s 10
1930s 57
1940s 1,414
1950s 2,504
1960s 1,163
1970s 345
1980s 76
1990s (to 1998) 17

How popular is Cathie?

In 1998, Cathie was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Cathie is used

Canada #2,732 5 in 1995
France #6,510 5 in 2017
United States #12,913 6 in 1998

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Cathie

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Cathie also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Cathie over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Cathie

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Cathie — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Cathie

How popular is the name Cathie?

In 1998, Cathie was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Cathie a girl's or a boy's name?

Cathie is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Cathie?

Cathie has 2 syllables.

When was Cathie most popular?

Cathie peaked in 1958, when 277 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.