Kathey
Last seen for girls in 1977 at #8,444
- Peak · girls
- 1956 · 126 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,600since 1938
Kathey over time
Rank among girls' names. Kathey has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 |
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| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 |
| 1972 | #3,894 | 15 |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 |
| 1970 | #3,110 | 21 |
| 1969 | #3,461 | 16 |
| 1968 | #2,538 | 24 |
| 1967 | #2,558 | 23 |
| 1966 | #2,191 | 29 |
| 1965 | #2,345 | 26 |
| 1964 | #1,867 | 40 |
| 1963 | #1,464 | 58 |
| 1962 | #1,558 | 52 |
| 1961 | #1,533 | 54 |
| 1960 | #1,338 | 68 |
| 1959 | #1,225 | 76 |
| 1958 | #1,028 | 103 |
| 1957 | #1,177 | 80 |
| 1956 | #888 | 126 |
| 1955 | #1,130 | 78 |
| 1954 | #1,053 | 87 |
| 1953 | #1,009 | 91 |
| 1952 | #1,008 | 87 |
| 1951 | #1,038 | 80 |
| 1950 | #1,109 | 69 |
| 1949 | #1,323 | 48 |
| 1948 | #1,345 | 47 |
| 1947 | #1,661 | 33 |
| 1946 | #1,808 | 25 |
| 1945 | #1,699 | 24 |
| 1944 | #2,287 | 15 |
| 1943 | #1,703 | 25 |
| 1942 | #1,981 | 19 |
| 1941 | #1,954 | 18 |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 |
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| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kathey! It came in at #4,342, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1938–1939, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kathey is popular in 1952
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oklahoma#263 · 1 in 1,953
- Tennessee#334 · 1 in 3,367
- Arkansas#371 · 1 in 3,320
- Mississippi#500 · 1 in 5,637
- Texas#566 · 1 in 5,919
Best ever in a state: #262 in Tennessee, 1956.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Oklahoma | #263 | 11 | 1 in 1,953 |
| Tennessee | #334 | 11 | 1 in 3,367 |
| Arkansas | #371 | 6 | 1 in 3,320 |
| Mississippi | #500 | 5 | 1 in 5,637 |
| Texas | #566 | 18 | 1 in 5,919 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Kathey
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1977
- Biggest jump: 242 spots in 1956 (#1,130 → #888)
- Biggest drop: 289 spots in 1957 (#888 → #1,177)
- Debuted 1938
- Peaked 1956 at #888 (126 births)
- Births halved by 1961, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1956
- Highest: 1 in 15,934 girls born in 1956 were named Kathey (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 255,524 girls born in 1977 (0.00%)
- 54.8% of all girls named Kathey (877) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1930s | 5 | #4,342 (1938) | #4,342 |
| 1940s | 264 | #1,323 (1949) | #1,850 |
| 1950s | 877 | #888 (1956) | #1,067 |
| 1960s | 390 | #1,338 (1960) | #2,085 |
| 1970s | 64 | #3,110 (1970) | #6,163 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Kathey in 1952
Top girls' names in 1952
More about 1952
girls
1,854,335 girls got a published name in 1952; 1 in 21,314 of them was named Kathey, which outranked 84.2% of the 6,389 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,004Erin88
- #1,004Petra88
- #1,004Venita88
- #1,008Kathey87
- #1,008Cara87
- #1,008Jenifer87
- #1,008Marjory87
- #1,013Allyson86
- #1,013Cherrie86
- #1,013Doretta86
Tied with 4 names at #1,008; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.