Cathy Forename
1,640th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 604,968 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea
Cathy Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 378,255 | 1:958 | 206 |
| Canada | 100% | 59,962 | 1:553 | 112 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 28,106 | 1:290 | 22 |
| France | 100% | 23,108 | 1:2,877 | 322 |
| Australia | - | 19,764 | 1:691 | 154 |
| DR Congo | 98% | 15,633 | 1:4,723 | 599 |
| England | 100% | 11,617 | 1:4,786 | 532 |
| Belgium | 100% | 7,221 | 1:1,591 | 364 |
| Malawi | 100% | 6,663 | 1:2,568 | 483 |
| Philippines | 99% | 6,650 | 1:15,941 | 1,815 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 5,744 | 1:4,114 | 873 |
| China | - | 4,551 | 1:300,166 | 20,736 |
| Ireland | 100% | 3,282 | 1:1,415 | 243 |
| New Zealand | - | 3,038 | 1:1,493 | 334 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 2,735 | 1:6,180 | 891 |
| South Africa | 100% | 2,573 | 1:21,194 | 2,893 |
| Rwanda | - | 2,175 | 1:5,228 | 928 |
| Uganda | 100% | 2,168 | 1:18,892 | 1,559 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1,908 | 1:966 | 207 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 1,638 | 1:13,193 | 1,390 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,574 | 1:19,576 | 2,599 |
| Congo | 100% | 1,357 | 1:3,691 | 582 |
| Egypt | 100% | 1,128 | 1:81,472 | 3,965 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 869 | 1:669 | 137 |
| Ghana | - | 730 | 1:36,967 | 2,200 |
| Hong Kong | - | 692 | 1:11,203 | 1,159 |
| Scotland | 100% | 674 | 1:7,938 | 617 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 649 | 1:12,656 | 1,120 |
| Kenya | 100% | 643 | 1:72,017 | 4,303 |
| Gabon | 100% | 601 | 1:3,134 | 706 |
| Morocco | - | 519 | 1:66,182 | 2,499 |
| Wales | 100% | 505 | 1:6,127 | 654 |
| Germany | 100% | 454 | 1:212,947 | 3,232 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 449 | 1:574,529 | 41,668 |
| Fiji | - | 403 | 1:2,214 | 616 |
| Portugal | - | 323 | 1:32,232 | 1,307 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 301 | 1:101,163 | 7,097 |
| Qatar | 91% | 286 | 1:8,285 | 1,329 |
| Senegal | 100% | 266 | 1:54,817 | 2,105 |
| Peru | 100% | 255 | 1:124,672 | 4,041 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 235 | 1:44,388 | 3,115 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 225 | 1:2,507 | 365 |
| Mali | - | 221 | 1:76,822 | 3,384 |
| Thailand | 100% | 206 | 1:340,125 | 18,351 |
| French Polynesia | - | 205 | 1:1,356 | 311 |
| Mexico | 100% | 191 | 1:649,971 | 6,467 |
| India | 89% | 189 | 1:6,427,926 | 225,442 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 177 | 1:40,407 | 3,735 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 174 | 1:1,553 | 337 |
| Singapore | 100% | 173 | 1:36,341 | 5,952 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 167 | 1:142,333 | 14,665 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 135 | 1:10,085 | 1,492 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 115 | 1:1,544,038 | 33,564 |
| Sweden | 100% | 114 | 1:86,473 | 3,882 |
| Guam | - | 112 | 1:1,434 | 319 |
| South Korea | - | 110 | 1:50,404 | 3,398 |
| Spain | 100% | 109 | 1:426,880 | 5,869 |
| Haiti | 100% | 105 | 1:102,161 | 5,746 |
| Italy | 100% | 101 | 1:604,575 | 6,091 |
| Botswana | - | 100 | 1:21,844 | 2,610 |
| Brazil | 100% | 94 | 1:2,279,108 | 46,064 |
| Zambia | - | 78 | 1:203,267 | 7,061 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 76 | 1:202,945 | 12,160 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| Japan | - | 69 | 1:1,854,870 | 19,144 |
| Ivory Coast | 94% | 67 | 1:344,417 | 14,507 |
| Greece | 100% | 66 | 1:165,675 | 3,640 |
| Kuwait | - | 66 | 1:57,352 | 4,703 |
| Chile | 100% | 59 | 1:298,427 | 4,570 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 59 | 1:273,024 | 3,423 |
| Ecuador | - | 57 | 1:310,999 | 4,245 |
| Guernsey | - | 57 | 1:1,111 | 227 |
| Namibia | - | 55 | 1:43,712 | 2,849 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 54 | 1:3,293 | 593 |
| Israel | 100% | 53 | 1:158,546 | 5,521 |
| Malta | - | 51 | 1:8,419 | 919 |
| Denmark | - | 49 | 1:115,296 | 3,163 |
| Sudan | - | 49 | 1:771,571 | 2,562 |
| Bermuda | - | 45 | 1:1,441 | 332 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 45 | 1:671,153 | 16,407 |
| Estonia | 100% | 43 | 1:30,590 | 2,187 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 42 | 1:1,220 | 160 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 42 | 1:84,531 | 1,765 |
| Gibraltar | - | 41 | 1:833 | 177 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 40 | 1:2,744 | 522 |
| Vietnam | - | 39 | 1:2,374,952 | 3,225 |
| Norway | 100% | 38 | 1:135,061 | 3,905 |
| Honduras | 100% | 37 | 1:238,310 | 5,124 |
| Grenada | 100% | 36 | 1:3,003 | 573 |
| Russia | 95% | 34 | 1:4,242,168 | 21,891 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 33 | 1:1,599,646 | 21,425 |
| Guyana | 100% | 25 | 1:30,530 | 3,308 |
| Colombia | 100% | 23 | 1:2,077,345 | 17,160 |
| Jordan | 100% | 22 | 1:401,217 | 3,496 |
| Jersey | - | 21 | 1:4,761 | 588 |
| Panama | 100% | 21 | 1:186,027 | 7,386 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 21 | 1:1,653 | 420 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 20 | 1:4,970 | 915 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 20 | 1:3,065 | 627 |
| Jamaica | - | 20 | 1:144,161 | 5,419 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 19 | 1:250,945 | 5,192 |
| Iraq | - | 19 | 1:1,843,045 | 11,423 |
| Barbados | - | 16 | 1:18,112 | 1,392 |
| Finland | 59% | 16 | 1:342,699 | 4,640 |
| Macau | - | 16 | 1:38,013 | 487 |
| Mozambique | - | 16 | 1:1,702,710 | 1,919 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 16 | 1:395 | 98 |
| American Samoa | - | 14 | 1:3,989 | 735 |
| Liberia | 100% | 14 | 1:315,147 | 9,860 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 14 | 1:7,970 | 1,208 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 14 | 1:244,831 | 4,102 |
| Aruba | - | 13 | 1:7,983 | 1,397 |
| Belize | 100% | 13 | 1:27,255 | 2,702 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 12 | 1:4,556 | 750 |
| El Salvador | - | 11 | 1:576,526 | 4,842 |
| Bahamas | - | 9 | 1:44,374 | 1,233 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 9 | 1:17,717,930 | 19,122 |
| Benin | 100% | 9 | 1:1,175,094 | 27,937 |
| Djibouti | - | 9 | 1:101,740 | 979 |
| Poland | 88% | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Tonga | - | 9 | 1:11,937 | 236 |
| Vanuatu | - | 9 | 1:29,088 | 709 |
| Austria | 100% | 8 | 1:1,064,275 | 7,469 |
| Belarus | 100% | 8 | 1:1,185,298 | 6,117 |
| Cyprus | - | 8 | 1:108,884 | 3,058 |
| Myanmar | - | 8 | 1:6,493,534 | 1,948 |
| Czechia | 100% | 7 | 1:1,522,309 | 4,223 |
| Greenland | - | 7 | 1:8,053 | 908 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 7 | 1:859,762 | 11,907 |
| Argentina | 100% | 6 | 1:7,128,874 | 15,663 |
| Monaco | - | 6 | 1:6,411 | 917 |
| Oman | - | 6 | 1:684,778 | 5,486 |
| Tunisia | - | 6 | 1:112,817 | 6,145 |
| Dominica | - | 5 | 1:15,094 | 483 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 5 | 1:1,125,514 | 9,179 |
| Algeria | - | 4 | 1:9,544,180 | 14,095 |
| Burundi | - | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| Central African Republic | - | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 698 |
| Chad | 100% | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 4 | 1:4,436,711 | 24,678 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Albania | - | 3 | 1:1,015,523 | 26,928 |
| Cambodia | - | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Iran | - | 3 | 1:26,165,623 | 45,792 |
| Moldova | - | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Ukraine | - | 3 | 1:15,166,636 | 17,541 |
| Armenia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:15,625 | 1,557 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Paraguay | - | 2 | 1:3,618,402 | 11,946 |
| Slovakia | - | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Turkey | 100% | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Pakistan | - | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 1 | 1:9,555 | 215 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
The alternate forms: Cäthy (5), Cáthy (1), Câthy (1) & Càthy (1) are calculated separately.
Cathy (3,101) may also be a surname.
Cathy Forename Popularity
Cathy Demographics
Cathy Political Affiliation
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Sample size: 78,788 (2014)
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Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Cathy