Kitty

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477

Peak · girls
#346
1881 · 22 births
Debut · girls
1880
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
11,657
since 1880

Kitty over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201894peak #346, 1881girls
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.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025—
2024#13,4776
2023#13,4626
2022—
2021—
2020#9,54610
2019#12,4487
2018#13,7936
2017#8,77612
2016#12,8767
2015#10,14810
2014#8,05314
2013#7,74815
2012#10,42910
2011#9,72311
2010#9,79011
2009#12,4298
2008#8,10915
2007#10,12911
2006#8,23714
2005#7,13816
2004#5,37723
2003#8,50512
2002#8,83711
2001#6,32217
2000#6,48716
1999#4,31326
1998#5,58318
1997#4,50823
1996#4,88320
1995#4,67721
1994#8,8049
1993#4,39323
1992#5,71816
1991#3,54030
1990#4,52321
1989#5,28616
1988#3,30629
1987#4,47418
1986#3,55424
1985#3,62123
1984#3,52723
1983#2,97528
1982#3,17227
1981#2,11948
1980#2,27843
1979#1,91754
1978#1,78157
1977#1,68262
1976#2,06042
1975#2,06042
1974#1,55362
1973#1,45865
1972#1,45666
1971#1,48868
1970#1,28584
1969#1,32573
1968#1,24477
1967#1,11988
1966#897126
1965#887127
1964#804169
1963#755186
1962#664235
1961#682231
1960#620263
1959#552311
1958#511357
1957#605261
1956#563277
1955#552269
1954#611220
1953#611209
1952#639193
1951#560228
1950#547228
1949#538238
1948#472288
1947#430358
1946#453294
1945#506210
1944#550174
1943#558182
1942#568169
1941#534172
1940#565150
1939#614121
1938#593136
1937#662106
1936#644105
1935#561130
1934#587123
1933#585121
1932#584126
1931#596123
1930#646114
1929#634119
1928#639122
1927#664117
1926#637127
1925#651127
1924#660127
1923#705107
1922#75095
1921#80483
1920#78685
1919#74389
1918#72797
1917#73591
1916#72189
1915#644105
1914#64281
1913#67858
1912#67355
1911#61748
1910#62046
1909#60841
1908#67832
1907#60138
1906#57837
1905#60933
1904#72723
1903#60729
1902#50939
1901#53832
1900#54339
1899#61625
1898#51037
1897#53730
1896#49935
1895#53830
1894#53529
1893#48731
1892#50329
1891#47529
1890#49927
1889#46828
1888#47028
1887#37233
1886#38731
1885#50018
1884#52016
1883#48016
1882#41819
1881#34622
1880#5809
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Kitty was already there! It came in at #580, and was given to 9 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 2021–2022, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Kitty
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 234 spots in 1881 (#580 → #346)
  • Biggest drop: 222 spots in 1967 (#897 → #1,119)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #346 (22 births)
  • Births halved by 1994, 113 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 87 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 87 yrs · run 1880–1966
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,180
  • Highest: 1 in 4,180 girls born in 1881 were named Kitty (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 270,032 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 21.9% of all girls named Kitty (2,553) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s220#346 (1881)#454
1890s302#475 (1891)#520
1900s343#509 (1902)#600
1910s759#617 (1911)#680
1920s1,109#634 (1929)#693
1930s1,205#561 (1935)#607
1940s2,235#430 (1947)#517
1950s2,553#511 (1958)#575
1960s1,575#620 (1960)#900
1970s602#1,285 (1970)#1,674
1980s279#2,119 (1981)#3,431
1990s207#3,540 (1991)#5,094
2000s143#5,377 (2004)#8,157
2010s103#7,748 (2013)#10,378
2020s22#9,546 (2020)#12,162

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.

Kitty in 1894

girls
#535
29 births · 1 in 7,687 girls

Top girls' names in 1894

  1. #1Mary13,151
  2. #2Anna5,565
  3. #3Margaret3,700
  4. #4Helen3,676
  5. #5Elizabeth3,425
  6. #6Ruth3,372
  7. #7Ethel3,287
  8. #8Florence3,233
  9. #9Emma2,937
  10. #10Marie2,649
  11. #535Kitty29
More about 1894

girls

222,922 girls got a published name in 1894; 1 in 7,687 of them was named Kitty, which outranked 68.6% of the 1,702 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kitty
  1. #527Mertie30
  2. #527Missouri30
  3. #527Reta30
  4. #535Kitty29
  5. #535Beryl29
  6. #535Emilia29
  7. #535Evangeline29
  8. #546Edwina28
  9. #546Eleanore28
  10. #546Ferne28

Tied with 10 names at #535; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1893
Risers
  1. ↑ 794Versie#1,437 → #643
  2. ↑ 613Nadine#1,277 → #664
  3. ↑ 587Genoveva#1,437 → #850
  4. ↑ 558Lavada#1,277 → #719
  5. ↑ 532Libby#1,437 → #905
Fallers
  1. ↓ 691Macy#794 → #1,485
  2. ↓ 659Fredericka#826 → #1,485
  3. ↓ 586Dee#767 → #1,353
  4. ↓ 584Katharyn#901 → #1,485
  5. ↓ 584Leva#901 → #1,485

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

See the top 100 for 1894 →