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Is Cathy a Male or Female Name?

Cathy is a female name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Cathy globally is 0.3% males and 99.7% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Cameroon with 2.8% and the country with the highest female ratio is United States with 100.0%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Cathy in percentages: Globally: 0.3% males, 99.7% females, United States: 0.0% males, 100.0% females, France: 0.9% males, 99.1% females, Canada: 0.1% males, 99.9% females, United Kingdom: 0.3% males, 99.7% females, China: 0.3% males, 99.7% females, Australia: 0.0% males, 100.0% females, Belgium: 0.8% males, 99.2% females, South Africa: 1.4% males, 98.6% females, Hong Kong SAR China: 0.8% males, 99.2% females, Ireland: 0.3% males, 99.7% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Cathy are 65+ years old, making up 38.6% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Cathy in each age group: 18-24: 0.6%, 25-34: 3.6%, 35-44: 5.8%, 45-54: 15.2%, 55-64: 36.1%, 65+: 38.6%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Cathy is China with 0.131% of the population. Following is Canada and France.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Cathy measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Cathy year over year: 1956: 0.1158‰, 1957: 0.1109‰, 1958: 0.1131‰, 1959: 0.1173‰, 1960: 0.0985‰, 1961: 0.1095‰, 1962: 0.1042‰, 1963: 0.1053‰, 1964: 0.0902‰, 1965: 0.081‰, 1966: 0.0789‰, 1967: 0.0672‰, 1968: 0.0731‰, 1969: 0.0625‰, 1970: 0.0541‰, 1971: 0.0542‰, 1972: 0.0468‰, 1973: 0.0449‰, 1974: 0.0378‰, 1975: 0.0324‰, 1976: 0.0312‰, 1977: 0.0262‰, 1978: 0.0226‰, 1979: 0.022‰, 1980: 0.0169‰, 1981: 0.0195‰, 1982: 0.0162‰, 1983: 0.0132‰, 1984: 0.0117‰, 1985: 0.0128‰, 1986: 0.0111‰, 1987: 0.011‰, 1988: 0.0113‰, 1989: 0.0125‰, 1990: 0.0099‰, 1991: 0.0097‰, 1992: 0.0094‰, 1993: 0.0069‰, 1994: 0.0072‰, 1995: 0.0044‰, 1996: 0.0056‰, 1997: 0.0049‰, 1998: 0.0053‰, 1999: 0.0023‰, 2000: 0.0011‰, 2001: 0.0061‰

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