Girls' name · since 1974
Katee
637 babies named Katee in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,137 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 637
- born since 1974
- 1990s
- peak decade
Katee is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 637 have been recorded since 1974.
Katee has 637 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2015.
- #10,137 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 637 born since 1974
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Katee ranks #10,137 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 637 born since 1974, peaking in the 1990s.
- #10,137 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 637
- born since 1974
- 1990s
- peak decade
Katee's 637 recorded births place it above 85.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
Katee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Katee splits its recorded history at 1994: 40% of all births land in the more recent half, 60% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1974 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1986 peak of 35 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Katee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2015
- Peak year (1986)
- 35
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Katee by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (220 births, 35% of the file).
1990s was Katee's strongest decade.
220 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Katee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 46
1970s
46 births
- 1980s
1980s
215 births
- 1990s
1990s
220 births
- 2000s
2000s
129 births
- 2010s 27
2010s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 220 births (35% of all-time use).
How Katee compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Katee's total volume
Katee by state
Where Katee concentrates geographically, total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 25 | 3.9% |
| #2 | Michigan | | 6 | 0.9% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.8% |
25 of 637 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Katee's data
- Katee's decade-level peak was the 1990s (220 total births); usage has since declined to 27 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Katees (25 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Katee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~41 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1974–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Katee draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.