Kathy
#3,249 for girls in 2025, 48 births · Last seen for boys in 1988 at #7,270
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1958 · 23,938 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 26 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 334,131since 1910
Kathy over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,249 | 48 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,694 | 64 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,823 | 60 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,425 | 75 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,460 | 72 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,170 | 83 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,355 | 76 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,098 | 91 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,842 | 111 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,446 | 159 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,685 | 126 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,534 | 142 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,557 | 139 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,334 | 176 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,348 | 171 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,260 | 190 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,218 | 204 | — | |
| 2008 | #991 | 268 | — | |
| 2007 | #921 | 294 | — | |
| 2006 | #903 | 294 | — | |
| 2005 | #883 | 286 | — | |
| 2004 | #869 | 283 | — | |
| 2003 | #803 | 308 | — | |
| 2002 | #693 | 362 | — | |
| 2001 | #715 | 343 | — | |
| 2000 | #652 | 379 | — | |
| 1999 | #647 | 361 | — | |
| 1998 | #618 | 386 | — | |
| 1997 | #590 | 389 | — | |
| 1996 | #530 | 445 | — | |
| 1995 | #564 | 409 | — | |
| 1994 | #539 | 455 | — | |
| 1993 | #539 | 444 | — | |
| 1992 | #507 | 474 | — | |
| 1991 | #503 | 472 | — | |
| 1990 | #504 | 477 | — | |
| 1989 | #502 | 469 | — | |
| 1988 | #435 | 522 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #433 | 517 | — | |
| 1986 | #397 | 572 | — | |
| 1985 | #370 | 617 | — | |
| 1984 | #343 | 670 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #303 | 765 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #277 | 879 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #258 | 956 | — | |
| 1980 | #255 | 1,010 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #234 | 1,112 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #221 | 1,134 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #190 | 1,406 | — | |
| 1976 | #186 | 1,382 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #160 | 1,689 | #3,078 | 12 |
| 1974 | #146 | 1,920 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | #124 | 2,371 | #2,857 | 12 |
| 1972 | #108 | 3,032 | #2,819 | 12 |
| 1971 | #91 | 3,863 | #2,279 | 17 |
| 1970 | #77 | 4,797 | #2,739 | 12 |
| 1969 | #77 | 4,751 | #2,308 | 14 |
| 1968 | #76 | 4,677 | #2,445 | 12 |
| 1967 | #64 | 5,406 | #1,758 | 20 |
| 1966 | #59 | 6,319 | #2,216 | 13 |
| 1965 | #54 | 7,762 | #1,720 | 21 |
| 1964 | #39 | 10,377 | #1,615 | 24 |
| 1963 | #34 | 12,215 | #1,513 | 27 |
| 1962 | #27 | 14,757 | #1,387 | 32 |
| 1961 | #25 | 16,385 | #1,206 | 43 |
| 1960 | #21 | 18,478 | #1,210 | 42 |
| 1959 | #15 | 21,814 | #1,247 | 39 |
| 1958 | #14 | 23,938 | #1,148 | 45 |
| 1957 | #20 | 20,237 | #1,075 | 50 |
| 1956 | #20 | 17,177 | #1,568 | 25 |
| 1955 | #22 | 15,324 | #1,339 | 32 |
| 1954 | #23 | 14,175 | #1,706 | 20 |
| 1953 | #23 | 13,400 | #2,186 | 13 |
| 1952 | #29 | 12,369 | #1,485 | 26 |
| 1951 | #35 | 10,406 | #1,519 | 24 |
| 1950 | #38 | 9,090 | #1,572 | 22 |
| 1949 | #42 | 8,451 | #1,941 | 15 |
| 1948 | #55 | 6,148 | #2,608 | 9 |
| 1947 | #64 | 5,697 | #1,646 | 21 |
| 1946 | #79 | 4,179 | #2,534 | 9 |
| 1945 | #101 | 2,753 | — | |
| 1944 | #110 | 2,417 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #136 | 2,033 | #2,277 | 11 |
| 1942 | #159 | 1,537 | #2,712 | 8 |
| 1941 | #199 | 947 | — | |
| 1940 | #256 | 604 | — | |
| 1939 | #328 | 365 | — | |
| 1938 | #426 | 246 | — | |
| 1937 | #526 | 157 | — | |
| 1936 | #562 | 136 | — | |
| 1935 | #664 | 99 | — | |
| 1934 | #751 | 79 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,038 | 45 | — | |
| 1932 | #923 | 58 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,127 | 40 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,434 | 29 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,257 | 35 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,023 | 18 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,362 | 35 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,357 | 34 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,661 | 13 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,732 | 12 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,186 | 17 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,378 | 15 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,813 | 11 | — | |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | — | |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 | — | |
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| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1910
The first year at least five girls were named Kathy! It came in at #2,398, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1910–1913, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kathy is popular in 1977
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Kentucky#73 · 1 in 346
- West Virginia#97 · 1 in 425
- Vermont#119 · 1 in 466
- South Carolina#123 · 1 in 516
- New Mexico#124 · 1 in 504
Best ever in a state: #3 in West Virginia, 1958.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #73 | 71 | 1 in 346 |
| West Virginia | #97 | 29 | 1 in 425 |
| Vermont | #119 | 5 | 1 in 466 |
| South Carolina | #123 | 34 | 1 in 516 |
| New Mexico | #124 | 16 | 1 in 504 |
| Georgia | #131 | 54 | 1 in 608 |
| Alabama | #144 | 35 | 1 in 657 |
| Iowa | #144 | 25 | 1 in 758 |
| North Dakota | #146 | 7 | 1 in 637 |
| Tennessee | #146 | 39 | 1 in 719 |
| Virginia | #146 | 41 | 1 in 688 |
| Illinois | #160 | 84 | 1 in 861 |
| New Hampshire | #162 | 6 | 1 in 756 |
| North Carolina | #165 | 42 | 1 in 787 |
| Nebraska | #177 | 12 | 1 in 838 |
| Florida | #184 | 46 | 1 in 939 |
| Wisconsin | #185 | 26 | 1 in 1,115 |
| Pennsylvania | #186 | 65 | 1 in 1,021 |
| Indiana | #189 | 35 | 1 in 1,007 |
| Michigan | #191 | 55 | 1 in 1,038 |
| South Dakota | #191 | 5 | 1 in 859 |
| Maine | #195 | 6 | 1 in 985 |
| Maryland | #195 | 19 | 1 in 971 |
| Kansas | #200 | 13 | 1 in 1,040 |
| Ohio | #200 | 62 | 1 in 1,131 |
| Arkansas | #201 | 14 | 1 in 928 |
| Minnesota | #201 | 21 | 1 in 1,232 |
| Missouri | #210 | 28 | 1 in 1,106 |
| California | #211 | 142 | 1 in 1,053 |
| Oklahoma | #216 | 15 | 1 in 1,128 |
| Texas | #216 | 94 | 1 in 1,069 |
| Connecticut | #224 | 11 | 1 in 1,295 |
| Hawaii | #227 | 6 | 1 in 778 |
| Idaho | #227 | 6 | 1 in 1,046 |
| Arizona | #237 | 15 | 1 in 1,063 |
| Mississippi | #238 | 15 | 1 in 1,054 |
| Utah | #240 | 11 | 1 in 1,336 |
| Massachusetts | #244 | 20 | 1 in 1,471 |
| New Jersey | #250 | 27 | 1 in 1,359 |
| Oregon | #254 | 11 | 1 in 1,339 |
| New York | #257 | 74 | 1 in 1,376 |
| Louisiana | #269 | 21 | 1 in 1,333 |
| Colorado | #283 | 11 | 1 in 1,551 |
| Washington | #315 | 12 | 1 in 1,898 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 555 spots since 2024 (#2,694 → #3,249)
- 1,079 spots since 2020 (#2,170 → #3,249)
- 1,564 spots since 2015 (#1,685 → #3,249)
- Biggest jump: 287 spots in 1934 (#1,038 → #751)
- Biggest drop: 227 spots in 2009 (#991 → #1,218)
Rise & fade · girls
48 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1910
- Peaked 1958 at #14 (23,938 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 26 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 26 yrs · run 1946–1971
- Top 1,000: 76 yrs · run 1934–2008
Share of babies · girls
1 in 84
- Highest: 1 in 84 girls born in 1958 were named Kathy (1.2%)
- Latest: 1 in 33,485 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 47.3% of all girls named Kathy (157,930) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 57 | #2,398 (1910) | #2,984 |
| 1920s | 198 | #1,257 (1929) | #2,242 |
| 1930s | 1,254 | #328 (1939) | #778 |
| 1940s | 34,766 | #42 (1949) | #120 |
| 1950s | 157,930 | #14 (1958) | #24 |
| 1960s | 101,127 | #21 (1960) | #48 |
| 1970s | 22,706 | #77 (1970) | #154 |
| 1980s | 6,977 | #255 (1980) | #357 |
| 1990s | 4,312 | #503 (1991) | #554 |
| 2000s | 3,021 | #652 (2000) | #865 |
| 2010s | 1,381 | #1,260 (2010) | #1,646 |
| 2020s | 402 | #2,170 (2020) | #2,637 |
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.
Kathy in 1977
girls
#190
1,406 births · 1 in 1,090 girls
Top girls' names in 1977
More about 1977
girls
1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 1,090 of them was named Kathy, which outranked 98.3% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Kathy
Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.