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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202018peak #38, 1986girls
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

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 2018

  • 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: #509 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,172 girlsWAIdaho: #342 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,199 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #585 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,610 girlsMNIllinois: #510 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 2,327 girlsILWisconsin: #372 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,590 girlsWIMichigan: #513 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,367 girlsMINew York: #429 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 2,064 girlsNYMassachusetts: #590 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,076 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedRIOregon: #479 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,999 girlsORNevada: #348 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,327 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedSDIowa: #365 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,364 girlsIAIndiana: #347 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,486 girlsINOhio: #350 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 1,546 girlsOHPennsylvania: #225 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 949 girlsPANew Jersey: #655 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,266 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #455 for girls · 84 births · 1 in 2,256 girlsCAUtah: #282 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,112 girlsUTColorado: #554 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,474 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedNEMissouri: #302 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,204 girlsMOKentucky: #257 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 986 girlsKYWest Virginia: #309 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,125 girlsWVVirginia: #520 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,396 girlsVAMaryland: #498 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,123 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedDEArizona: #580 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,672 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedNMKansas: #390 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,507 girlsKSArkansas: #384 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,377 girlsARTennessee: #285 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,199 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #350 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,500 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #412 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,607 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #413 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,565 girlsOKLouisiana: #579 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,448 girlsLAMississippi: #392 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,344 girlsMSAlabama: #323 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,247 girlsALGeorgia: #544 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,435 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Katie, so not publishedHITexas: #495 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 2,408 girlsTXFlorida: #693 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 3,699 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Pennsylvania#225 · 1 in 949
  2. Kentucky#257 · 1 in 986
  3. Utah#282 · 1 in 1,112
  4. Tennessee#285 · 1 in 1,199
  5. Missouri#302 · 1 in 1,204

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Pennsylvania#225531 in 949
Kentucky#257181 in 986
Utah#282151 in 1,112
Tennessee#285261 in 1,199
Missouri#302221 in 1,204
West Virginia#30951 in 1,125
Alabama#323151 in 1,247
Idaho#34251 in 1,199
Indiana#347201 in 1,486
Nevada#34881 in 1,327
North Carolina#350301 in 1,500
Ohio#350331 in 1,546
Iowa#36591 in 1,364
Wisconsin#372141 in 1,590
Arkansas#38481 in 1,377
Kansas#39081 in 1,507
Mississippi#39281 in 1,344
South Carolina#412111 in 1,607
Oklahoma#413101 in 1,565
New York#429421 in 2,064
California#455841 in 2,256
Oregon#47971 in 1,999
Texas#495661 in 2,408
Maryland#498111 in 2,123
Washington#509141 in 2,172
Illinois#510231 in 2,327
Michigan#513171 in 2,367
Virginia#520151 in 2,396
Georgia#544191 in 2,435
Colorado#55491 in 2,474
Louisiana#57981 in 2,448
Arizona#580111 in 2,672
Minnesota#58591 in 2,610
Massachusetts#59081 in 3,076
New Jersey#655111 in 3,266
Florida#693231 in 3,699
Alaska
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Maine
Montana
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Mexico
North Dakota
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Vermont
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 2018

girls
#441
723 births · 1 in 2,353 girls

Top girls' names in 2018

  1. #1Emma18,824
  2. #2Olivia18,061
  3. #3Ava15,034
  4. #4Isabella14,575
  5. #5Sophia14,013
  6. #6Charlotte13,038
  7. #7Mia12,742
  8. #8Amelia12,405
  9. #9Harper10,646
  10. #10Evelyn10,433
  11. #441Katie723
More about 2018

girls

1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 2,353 of them was named Katie, which outranked 97.6% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Katie
  1. #434Zariah728
  2. #439Mabel727
  3. #440Kennedi724
  4. #441Katie723
  5. #441Eve723
  6. #441Frances723
  7. #444Kylee722
  8. #444Milani722
  9. #446Celeste720

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. 680Meghan#1,387#707
  2. 567Dior#1,360#793
  3. 367Palmer#1,042#675
  4. 361Adalee#1,217#856
  5. 346Oaklynn#888#542
Fallers
  1. 334Audrina#847#1,181
  2. 234Courtney#952#1,186
  3. 232Marjorie#938#1,170
  4. 228Anabelle#969#1,197
  5. 225Angelique#799#1,024

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

See the top 100 for 2018