Katy

#2,691 for girls in 2025, 64 births · Last seen for boys in 1980 at #6,250
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1987 · 674 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
20,952
since 1880

Katy over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Katy has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201909peak #351, 1987girls
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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
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,69164
2024#2,46273
2023#2,14289
2022#2,20885
2021#2,15487
2020#2,19682
2019#2,07091
2018#1,799113
2017#1,792116
2016#1,636133
2015#1,545143
2014#1,291184
2013#1,420160
2012#1,396165
2011#1,196201
2010#1,287185
2009#1,258194
2008#1,188214
2007#1,172217
2006#1,157210
2005#1,054226
2004#987240
2003#990233
2002#933240
2001#984218
2000#962220
1999#880243
1998#827257
1997#757279
1996#768274
1995#654328
1994#630349
1993#590398
1992#517458
1991#549430
1990#511470
1989#426584
1988#406588
1987#351674
1986#362655
1985#361654
1984#388566
1983#392561
1982#406564
1981#392577
1980#429503#6,2505
1979#444461
1978#453440
1977#549323
1976#679219
1975#712207
1974#732194
1973#798164
1972#870147
1971#877153
1970#831165
1969#923132
1968#1,002109
1967#1,09790
1966#972110
1965#840140
1964#829160
1963#833157
1962#753190
1961#796172
1960#751185
1959#757180
1958#844146
1957#951117
1956#1,14182
1955#1,24666
1954#1,13476
1953#1,21363
1952#1,22560
1951#1,11669
1950#1,05376
1949#1,17460
1948#1,00176
1947#1,01276
1946#96175
1945#1,04855
1944#93768
1943#94469
1942#96066
1941#80980
1940#78681
1939#77577
1938#94457
1937#89659
1936#82766
1935#91257
1934#99348
1933#1,02446
1932#1,09742
1931#99549
1930#1,14442
1929#95157
1928#1,04152
1927#1,10847
1926#1,16643
1925#92365
1924#98560
1923#90765
1922#1,05951
1921#1,20541
1920#96857
1919#85866
1918#1,09145
1917#1,05445
1916#1,04344
1915#1,04041
1914#93240
1913#1,02028
1912#1,54013
1911#1,03118
1910#1,11016
1909#84523
1908#88220
1907#76024
1906#89517
1905#96815
1904#93815
1903#96913
1902#68824
1901#82916
1900#91717
1899#79117
1898#1,3797
1897#82615
1896#1,04710
1895#77017
1894#90512
1893#79414
1892#1,0858
1891#89310
1890#75813
1889#1,1476
1888#9598
1887#73310
1886#9936
1885#8427
1884#1,0245
1883
1882#9085
1881
1880#6797
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Katy was already there! It came in at #679, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1884, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Katy is popular in 1909

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 229 spots since 2024 (#2,462#2,691)
  • 495 spots since 2020 (#2,196#2,691)
  • 1,146 spots since 2015 (#1,545#2,691)
  • Biggest jump: 588 spots in 1899 (#1,379#791)
  • Biggest drop: 553 spots in 1898 (#826#1,379)
Rise & fade · girls
107 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1987 at #351 (674 births)
  • Births halved by 1995, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 89 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 89 yrs · run 1969–2004
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,580
  • Highest: 1 in 2,580 girls born in 1987 were named Katy (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 25,114 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 28.3% of all girls named Katy (5,926) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s54#679 (1880)#911
1890s123#758 (1890)#925
1900s184#688 (1902)#869
1910s356#858 (1919)#1,072
1920s538#907 (1923)#1,031
1930s543#775 (1939)#961
1940s706#786 (1940)#963
1950s935#757 (1959)#1,068
1960s1,445#751 (1960)#880
1970s2,473#444 (1979)#695
1980s5,926#351 (1987)#391
1990s3,486#511 (1990)#668
2000s2,212#933 (2002)#1,069
2010s1,491#1,196 (2011)#1,543
2020s480#2,142 (2023)#2,309

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.

Katy in 1909

girls
#845
23 births · 1 in 15,097 girls

Top girls' names in 1909

  1. #1Mary19,259
  2. #2Helen9,250
  3. #3Margaret7,358
  4. #4Ruth6,509
  5. #5Dorothy6,253
  6. #6Anna5,804
  7. #7Elizabeth5,176
  8. #8Mildred5,054
  9. #9Marie4,301
  10. #10Alice4,170
  11. #845Katy23
More about 1909

girls

347,228 girls got a published name in 1909; 1 in 15,097 of them was named Katy, which outranked 66.8% of the 2,548 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Katy
  1. #831Serena24
  2. #831Theola24
  3. #831Vlasta24
  4. #845Katy23
  5. #845Aggie23
  6. #845Annabell23
  7. #845Blossom23
  8. #868Aili22
  9. #868Annis22
  10. #868Arlie22

Tied with 22 names at #845; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1908
Risers
  1. 994Laverna#1,862#868
  2. 994Nevada#1,862#868
  3. 901Gayle#1,862#961
  4. 686Elba#1,676#990
  5. 612Gertha#1,547#935
Fallers
  1. 1,045Arnetta#912#1,957
  2. 987Launa#970#1,957
  3. 668Buna#939#1,607
  4. 540Arlena#829#1,369
  5. 540Elta#829#1,369

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

See the top 100 for 1909