Kat — girls' name

What the Data Says About Kat

The Social Security Administration has registered 45 babies named Kat between 2007 and 2023, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kat currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kat performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kat shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kat in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 45 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.