Katie

#646 for girls in 2025, 447 births · Last seen for boys in 2010 at #12,231
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1986 · 8,333 births
Debut · girls
303 births
In top 100 · girls
42 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
241,285
since 1880

Katie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201922peak #38, 1986girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#646447
2024#576526
2023#526578
2022#554549
2021#525587
2020#480637
2019#453688
2018#441723
2017#398786
2016#362905
2015#3071,061
2014#2791,171
2013#2401,329
2012#2191,452
2011#1901,676
2010#1611,908#12,2315
2009#1432,255
2008#1262,683#12,5535
2007#1143,003#8,9158
2006#1063,104
2005#993,177#7,6409
2004#1023,226#7,5369
2003#1073,219
2002#1033,247
2001#993,280
2000#953,413
1999#923,550
1998#883,746#9,6315
1997#873,867
1996#814,329
1995#774,482#8,8685
1994#704,983#6,9687
1993#635,456#7,6386
1992#546,116#7,4226
1991#536,425#4,00514
1990#536,514#3,60716
1989#457,290#2,90221
1988#407,770#3,35015
1987#388,197#2,83818
1986#388,333#1,66238
1985#397,995#2,01928
1984#447,175#2,09825
1983#456,705#2,40820
1982#456,681#1,99927
1981#446,600#2,20423
1980#446,137#2,00327
1979#634,512#3,56911
1978#903,426#4,5547
1977#1152,507#4,1648
1976#1621,593#4,9356
1975#1941,296#5,4645
1974#2291,109
1973#294807
1972#312773
1971#336759
1970#355704
1969#373618
1968#447456
1967#463421
1966#442452
1965#445453
1964#430520
1963#412545
1962#408564
1961#397594
1960#388593
1959#373658
1958#387557
1957#409512
1956#412485
1955#400477
1954#383502
1953#370532
1952#375482
1951#339547
1950#352505
1949#301659
1948#306622
1947#323586
1946#300598
1945#289576#2,7437
1944#287565
1943#279636
1942#272652
1941#252650#3,5055
1940#250636
1939#246648#3,1136
1938#248642
1937#255607#2,6808
1936#247632
1935#229731
1934#237710#2,5639
1933#224746#3,2686
1932#222754#3,3616
1931#220752
1930#226737#3,5926
1929#222759#3,9595
1928#218826
1927#214885#2,52311
1926#216852#3,3857
1925#2021,003#2,75510
1924#204974
1923#206951#3,4677
1922#1941,051
1921#206976
1920#1841,121#4,2865
1919#1831,073
1918#1951,013
1917#199927#3,9815
1916#191935
1915#181937
1914#167861#2,6517
1913#171674#2,8215
1912#149732
1911#138595
1910#122672
1909#133534
1908#130531
1907#122539
1906#125498
1905#113553#1,2335
1904#120494
1903#111512
1902#102572
1901#116453
1900#107618
1899#108459
1898#104580
1897#104492
1896#99516
1895#100536
1894#95525
1893#96504
1892#86563#1,0665
1891#90494
1890#86509
1889#80502
1888#80516
1887#77440
1886#80431
1885#81388
1884#83360
1883#78361
1882#78327
1881#83279
1880#76303
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Katie was already there! It came in at #76, and was given to 303 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1885, when fewer than 390 girls a year got the name.

Where Katie is popular in 1922

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedMNIllinois: #299 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,073 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedWIMichigan: #399 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,286 girlsMINew York: #381 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 5,492 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedIAIndiana: #243 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,194 girlsINOhio: #276 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,728 girlsOHPennsylvania: #263 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 3,076 girlsPANew Jersey: #353 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,190 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #378 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,435 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedMOKentucky: #176 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 910 girlsKYWest Virginia: #291 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,204 girlsWVVirginia: #151 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 824 girlsVAMaryland: #188 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,299 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedNMKansas: #350 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,264 girlsKSArkansas: #146 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 627 girlsARTennessee: #123 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 532 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #88 for girls · 114 births · 1 in 339 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #100 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 394 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #213 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,138 girlsOKLouisiana: #107 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 388 girlsLAMississippi: #56 for girls · 101 births · 1 in 224 girlsMSAlabama: #73 for girls · 120 births · 1 in 261 girlsALGeorgia: #75 for girls · 139 births · 1 in 269 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedHITexas: #189 for girls · 70 births · 1 in 842 girlsTXFlorida: #137 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 555 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#56 · 1 in 224
  2. Alabama#73 · 1 in 261
  3. Georgia#75 · 1 in 269
  4. North Carolina#88 · 1 in 339
  5. South Carolina#100 · 1 in 394

Best ever in a state: #11 in South Dakota, 1984.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#561011 in 224
Alabama#731201 in 261
Georgia#751391 in 269
North Carolina#881141 in 339
South Carolina#100631 in 394
Louisiana#107611 in 388
Tennessee#123531 in 532
Florida#137211 in 555
Arkansas#146331 in 627
Virginia#151351 in 824
Kentucky#176331 in 910
Maryland#188111 in 1,299
Texas#189701 in 842
Oklahoma#213221 in 1,138
Indiana#243121 in 2,194
Pennsylvania#263311 in 3,076
Ohio#276201 in 2,728
West Virginia#29191 in 2,204
Illinois#299191 in 3,073
Kansas#35051 in 3,264
New Jersey#35351 in 6,190
California#37891 in 3,435
New York#381181 in 5,492
Michigan#39971 in 5,286
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Arizona
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Hawaii
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Minnesota
Missouri
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Oregon
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South Dakota
Utah
Vermont
Washington
Wisconsin
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.

See more about Katie
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 70 spots since 2024 (#576#646)
  • 166 spots since 2020 (#480#646)
  • 339 spots since 2015 (#307#646)
  • Biggest jump: 74 spots in 1969 (#447#373)
  • Biggest drop: 70 spots in 2025 (#576#646)
Rise & fade · girls
106 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1986 at #38 (8,333 births)
  • Births halved by 1997, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 42 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 42 yrs · run 1978–2001
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 206
  • Highest: 1 in 206 girls born in 1986 were named Katie (0.49%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,596 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 30.2% of all girls named Katie (72,883) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #76 (1880) → #463 (1967) → #38 (1986)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s3,907#76 (1880)#80
1890s5,178#86 (1892)#97
1900s5,304#102 (1902)#118
1910s8,419#122 (1910)#170
1920s9,398#184 (1920)#207
1930s6,959#220 (1931)#235
1940s6,180#250 (1940)#286
1950s5,257#339 (1951)#380
1960s5,216#373 (1969)#421
1970s17,486#63 (1979)#215
1980s72,883#38 (1986)#42
1990s49,468#53 (1990)#72
2000s30,607#95 (2000)#109
2010s11,699#161 (2010)#305
2020s3,324#480 (2020)#551

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.

Katie in 1922

girls
#194
1,051 births · 1 in 1,143 girls

Top girls' names in 1922

  1. #1Mary72,177
  2. #2Dorothy37,716
  3. #3Helen32,510
  4. #4Margaret26,862
  5. #5Ruth23,633
  6. #6Betty20,895
  7. #7Virginia19,144
  8. #8Mildred16,412
  9. #9Elizabeth15,244
  10. #10Frances15,054
  11. #194Katie1,051
More about 1922

girls

1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 1,143 of them was named Katie, which outranked 96.6% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Katie
  1. #191Rosalie1,104
  2. #192Lottie1,090
  3. #193Adeline1,085
  4. #194Katie1,051
  5. #195Amelia1,032
  6. #196Veronica1,028
  7. #197Jeannette1,027
Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. 626Lilia#1,543#917
  2. 573Leatrice#1,258#685
  3. 412Phylis#1,409#997
  4. 352Darleen#1,258#906
  5. 295Madlyn#1,136#841
Fallers
  1. 518Erlene#946#1,464
  2. 390Exie#879#1,269
  3. 327Arlyne#905#1,232
  4. 288Toby#964#1,252
  5. 265Rochelle#987#1,252

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

See the top 100 for 1922