Given name
Catie
“one who is pure; virginal”
In English use, Catie is a diminutive of Catherine. One English interpretation is “one who is pure; virginal.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Catie is a diminutive of Catherine. One English interpretation is “one who is pure; virginal.” Its derivation is not certain.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Catie is a diminutive of Catherine. In English usage, Catie is a diminutive of Caitlin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Catie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,033
- 0 boys · 1,033 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 42 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #13,537 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −23%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 13,537 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 22.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 42 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,852 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Catie’s family of names
In English usage, Catie is a diminutive of Catherine. In English usage, Catie has a related form in Katie. In English usage, Catie is a diminutive of Caitlin.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Catie
- Catie BallAmerican swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder, college swimming coachborn 1951
- Catie DeLoofAmerican swimmerborn 1997
- Catie LazarusAmerican writer (1976–2020)
- Catie CurtisAmerican singer-songwriterborn 1965
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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