Girls' name · since 1994
Kately
Since 1994, U.S. Social Security records show 92 babies named Kately, peaking in 2005. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #28,041 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 92
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kately sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 92 recorded since 1994.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kately has been recorded 92 times among girls since 1994, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2017.
- #28,041 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 92 born since 1994
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kately ranks #28,041 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 92 born since 1994, peaking in the 2010s.
- #28,041 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 92
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kately's 92 recorded births place it above 61.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kately's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kately splits its recorded history at 2005: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2002 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2005 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kately popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2017
- Peak year (2005)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Kately by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (38 births, 41% of the file).
2010s was Kately's strongest decade.
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Kately births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
27 births
- 2000s
2000s
27 births
- 2010s
2010s
38 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 38 births (41% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kately: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1994–2017 (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 Kately 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.