# Cathie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cathie/  
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 | 5,586 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,586 (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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 22 | 3,200 |
| 1977 | 29 | 2,786 |
| 1978 | 12 | 5,259 |
| 1979 | 18 | 4,067 |
| 1980 | 16 | 4,548 |
| 1981 | 16 | 4,561 |
| 1982 | 8 | 7,577 |
| 1983 | 6 | 9,183 |
| 1984 | 8 | 7,496 |
| 1986 | 5 | 11,160 |
| 1987 | 10 | 6,871 |
| 1989 | 7 | 9,835 |
| 1995 | 6 | 12,041 |
| 1997 | 5 | 14,121 |
| 1998 | 6 | 12,730 |

## People named Cathie

- Cathie Martin, British botanist

## 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.