Katey — #12281 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Katey

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,359 babies named Katey between 1949 and 2024, spanning 76 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Katey currently holds the #12281 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 105 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Katey performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 782 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Katey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 155 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Katey in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Katey 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 2,359 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.