Kathey

Last seen for girls in 1977 at #8,444

Peak · girls
1956 · 126 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,600
since 1938

Kathey over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kathey has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201959peak #888, 1956girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1977#8,4446
1976#9,2845
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1973#7,4356
1972#3,89415
1971#4,81011
1970#3,11021
1969#3,46116
1968#2,53824
1967#2,55823
1966#2,19129
1965#2,34526
1964#1,86740
1963#1,46458
1962#1,55852
1961#1,53354
1960#1,33868
1959#1,22576
1958#1,028103
1957#1,17780
1956#888126
1955#1,13078
1954#1,05387
1953#1,00991
1952#1,00887
1951#1,03880
1950#1,10969
1949#1,32348
1948#1,34547
1947#1,66133
1946#1,80825
1945#1,69924
1944#2,28715
1943#1,70325
1942#1,98119
1941#1,95418
1940#2,73710
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First appearance
1938

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.

See more about Kathey
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
18 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1938
  • Peaked 1956 at #888 (126 births)
  • Births halved by 1961, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1956
Share of babies · girls
1 in 15,934
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 54.8% of all girls named Kathey (877) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s5#4,342 (1938)#4,342
1940s264#1,323 (1949)#1,850
1950s877#888 (1956)#1,067
1960s390#1,338 (1960)#2,085
1970s64#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 1959

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#1,225
76 births · 1 in 26,625 girls

Top girls' names in 1959

  1. #1Mary54,502
  2. #2Susan41,617
  3. #3Linda40,410
  4. #4Karen36,784
  5. #5Donna36,468
  6. #6Patricia35,223
  7. #7Debra31,388
  8. #8Cynthia30,186
  9. #9Deborah29,546
  10. #10Lisa25,699
  11. #1,225Kathey76
More about 1959

girls

2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 26,625 of them was named Kathey, which outranked 83.0% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kathey
  1. #1,214Misty77
  2. #1,214Sharyl77
  3. #1,214Sherree77
  4. #1,225Kathey76
  5. #1,225Bernita76
  6. #1,225Kathlene76
  7. #1,225Lezlie76
  8. #1,230Carma75
  9. #1,230Cristi75
  10. #1,230Cyndy75

Tied with 4 names at #1,225; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1958
Risers
  1. 1,090Alesia#1,985#895
  2. 948Tori#1,791#843
  3. 440Taryn#1,211#771
  4. 437Venus#1,007#570
  5. 393Vilma#1,364#971
Fallers
  1. 283Dani#961#1,244
  2. 257Nicki#973#1,230
  3. 235Lanita#973#1,208
  4. 219Concetta#973#1,192
  5. 197Gisele#766#963

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1959