Cathie
Cathie is both a feminine given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Cathie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Cathie is both a feminine given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Cathie
Cathie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1926, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1958, when 277 Cathies were born — ranking #597 that year. As of 2026, Cathie ranks #12,425 for baby girls with 6 births, with steady use. In total, more than 6K Cathies have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1920s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Cathie
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Cathie. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Cathie
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About the name Cathie
Cathie is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1926 and has accumulated 6K births in the dataset. Cathie's peak popularity came in 1958 when it ranked #597. Use the chart and map above to compare Cathie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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