Girl
Cathy
Cathy is a girl's name meaning "Pure", drawing on Greek roots. It was at its most popular in the 1950s and is rarely chosen now. As things stand now, it is widely recognized. The registry counts around 170,436 U.S. births under this name going back to 1900.
GreekDiminutive of Catherine
GreekPure
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
13
1920s
119
1930s
578
1940s
15,595
1950s
82,850
1960s
51,753
1970s
12,972
1980s
3,663
1990s
1,567
2000s
916
2010s
410
Peaked in the 1950s · 170,436 total U.S. births since 1900