# Cathi (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cathi/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,536 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,536 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 13 | 4,625 |
| 1976 | 27 | 2,804 |
| 1977 | 16 | 4,257 |
| 1978 | 17 | 4,099 |
| 1979 | 22 | 3,555 |
| 1980 | 20 | 3,870 |
| 1981 | 14 | 5,007 |
| 1982 | 13 | 5,248 |
| 1983 | 11 | 5,877 |
| 1984 | 7 | 8,289 |
| 1985 | 5 | 10,910 |
| 1986 | 12 | 5,814 |
| 1987 | 9 | 7,461 |
| 1988 | 12 | 6,333 |
| 1990 | 5 | 13,295 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.