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Baby name
Cathy
Girl
Origin of the name
Cathy is a pet form of Catherine.
Short-lived name
170,303births since 1880
1950sgeneration
No. 34rank at its peak, in 1958
Where babies named Cathy are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Cathy is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Cathy is most common in West Virginia (2 times), Indiana (1.7) and Ohio (1.4), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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