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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201934peak #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 1934

  • 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: #348 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,121 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedWIMichigan: #454 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,320 girlsMINew York: #556 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 11,824 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: #244 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,243 girlsINOhio: #373 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,997 girlsOHPennsylvania: #346 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 4,741 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #549 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,842 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: #347 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,378 girlsMOKentucky: #249 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,605 girlsKYWest Virginia: #377 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,662 girlsWVVirginia: #175 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 919 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: #228 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 987 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedKSArkansas: #113 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 447 girlsARTennessee: #196 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,071 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #100 for girls · 90 births · 1 in 405 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #121 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 495 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #298 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,052 girlsOKLouisiana: #162 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 691 girlsLAMississippi: #91 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 328 girlsMSAlabama: #71 for girls · 98 births · 1 in 299 girlsALGeorgia: #90 for girls · 81 births · 1 in 374 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedHITexas: #188 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 866 girlsTXFlorida: #181 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 778 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Alabama#71 · 1 in 299
  2. Georgia#90 · 1 in 374
  3. Mississippi#91 · 1 in 328
  4. North Carolina#100 · 1 in 405
  5. Arkansas#113 · 1 in 447

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alabama#71981 in 299
Georgia#90811 in 374
Mississippi#91651 in 328
North Carolina#100901 in 405
Arkansas#113421 in 447
South Carolina#121421 in 495
Louisiana#162301 in 691
Virginia#175251 in 919
Florida#181151 in 778
Texas#188661 in 866
Tennessee#196251 in 1,071
New Mexico#22851 in 987
Indiana#244101 in 2,243
Kentucky#249171 in 1,605
Oklahoma#298111 in 2,052
Pennsylvania#346151 in 4,741
Missouri#34781 in 3,378
Illinois#348121 in 4,121
Ohio#37391 in 4,997
West Virginia#37751 in 3,662
Michigan#45451 in 7,320
California#54951 in 6,842
New York#55671 in 11,824
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Delaware
District of Columbia
Hawaii
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Kansas
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Minnesota
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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 1934

girls
#237
710 births · 1 in 1,471 girls
boys
#2,563
9 births · 1 in 114,733 boys

Top girls' names in 1934

  1. #1Mary56,929
  2. #2Betty31,089
  3. #3Barbara29,239
  4. #4Shirley22,841
  5. #5Dorothy21,281
  6. #6Patricia20,844
  7. #7Joan19,465
  8. #8Margaret15,144
  9. #9Helen14,100
  10. #10Nancy13,520
  11. #237Katie710

Top boys' names in 1934

  1. #1Robert55,843
  2. #2James54,270
  3. #3John46,743
  4. #4William40,175
  5. #5Richard33,167
  6. #6Donald30,408
  7. #7Charles29,790
  8. #8George18,500
  9. #9Thomas17,373
  10. #10Joseph17,111
  11. #2,563Katie9
More about 1934

girls

1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 1,471 of them was named Katie, which outranked 95.2% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Katie
  1. #234Blanche722
  2. #235Eloise719
  3. #236Colleen712
  4. #237Katie710
  5. #238Teresa706
  6. #239Regina682
  7. #240Priscilla664
Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. 571Luann#1,442#871
  2. 469Alison#1,442#973
  3. 439Golda#1,364#925
  4. 350Ronald#1,244#894
  5. 346Gale#1,102#756
Fallers
  1. 685Nira#463#1,148
  2. 342Vina#782#1,124
  3. 316Zita#947#1,263
  4. 299Myrtie#834#1,133
  5. 278Theola#985#1,263

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

boys

1,032,596 boys got a published name in 1934; 1 in 114,733 of them was named Katie, which outranked 39.0% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Katie
  1. #2,393Worthy10
  2. #2,393Yale10
  3. #2,393Yates10
  4. #2,563Katie9
  5. #2,563Abelino9
  6. #2,563Abie9
  7. #2,563Acey9
  8. #2,742Adin8
  9. #2,742Agnes8
  10. #2,742Albion8

Tied with 178 names at #2,563; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. 746Lanny#1,361#615
  2. 630Kerry#1,586#956
  3. 620Marland#1,456#836
  4. 404Kirk#1,202#798
  5. 350Valentin#1,281#931
Fallers
  1. 730Neville#995#1,725
  2. 616Garner#770#1,386
  3. 520Vivian#905#1,425
  4. 488Finis#869#1,357
  5. 464Malcom#961#1,425

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

See the top 100 for 1934