Name → State Lookup

Enter any baby name to see which US states have the most births of that name. Reverse lookup tool built on 2,335,053 rows of SSA state-level data 1910–2025.

Top States for Cathy (girls)

131,005 all-time US births Peaked 1958 with 10,942 births (rank #34)

10,442 births · 8%

9,630 births · 7.4%

8,246 births · 6.3%

7,456 births · 5.7%

6,701 births · 5.1%

6,378 births · 4.9%

6,241 births · 4.8%

6,076 births · 4.6%

5,947 births · 4.5%

4,963 births · 3.8%

4,086 births · 3.1%

3,678 births · 2.8%

3,471 births · 2.6%

3,299 births · 2.5%

3,176 births · 2.4%

See cross-state distinctiveness atlas for each state's most-uniquely-owned name, or browse all 51 states.

How it works: Queries name_popularity_state (2,335,053 SSA state-level rows) for the entered name, summed across all years 1910–2025. Top 15 states by total births are returned. Names rare enough to fall under SSA's 5-occurrence privacy threshold may not appear at all. Source: US Social Security Administration · methodology.

Name → State Lookup

Top States for Cathy (girls)

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