Cath

Girls' name

Possibly each of the two, through Catherine

Cath has been given to 11 babies in the U.S. since 1957. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1957, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Cath, 1958

1 in 827,000

Cath over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Cath: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly each of the two, through Catherine

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Cath means

Cath belongs to the name family reached through Cath → Catherine. Its meaning is “each of the two”.

Origin, language, and formation

Cath is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Catherine.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Cath is pronounced /kæθ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 11 girls were recorded with the name Cath between 1957 and 1958. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1957; its best national rank was #5,461 in 1957.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Cath?

Cath had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1958, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1958: 1 in 827,000; 5 of 4,133,550 births
Among girls only: 1 in 402,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1958: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 573,033 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Cath sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1958 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 573,033 children born in 1958 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Cath. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Caths were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Cath was born before 1957 — so the typical Cath is around 68 today.

Median birth year: 1957; About 68 years old
Biggest decade: 1950s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 11; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1950s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (11).

Is Cath rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1957 (6)
Years since peak: 68; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #5,461; 1957

Spellings of Cath

Cath is not the most common spelling — Ruth is, with 43.0% against Cath's <0.01%.

Ruth43.0%836,122
Kathy17.2%334,131
Cathy8.8%170,303
Beth8.2%159,430
Faith7.6%147,851
Kate4.4%85,987
Cara2.7%53,305
Pat2.1%40,123

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Cath by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,461; 1957
Peak year: 1957; 6 that year
First recorded: 1957
Last recorded: 1958
All-time count: 11
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Cath

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Catya Catey Cati Caty Catelina Catoya Catine Catara Catinna Sabbath Catria Catalin Catana Cather Cathee Caton Catena Kath Cathay Cattina Cathia Leath Catinia Catrese

Sibling names for Cath

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Sherie Evonne Joanie Vickey Maribeth Vikki Terese Lavern

For a brother

Lonny Hayward Danial Von Michel Burt Fritz Kirby

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