Girls' name · since 1946
Kathee
Kathee has 170 recorded births since 1946 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1957 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,483 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 170
- born since 1946
- 1950s
- peak decade
Kathee sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 170 recorded since 1946.
Kathee has 170 recorded births among girls since 1946, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1946 to 1964.
- #21,483 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 170 born since 1946
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kathee ranks #21,483 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 170 born since 1946, peaking in the 1950s.
- #21,483 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 170
- born since 1946
- 1950s
- peak decade
Kathee's 170 recorded births place it above 70.25% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kathee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kathee's SSA record in two at 1955 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1950, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1957 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kathee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–1964
- Peak year (1957)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Kathee by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (91 births, 54% of the file).
1950s was Kathee's strongest decade.
91 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Kathee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 34
1940s
34 births
- 1950s
1950s
91 births
- 1960s
1960s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 91 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Kathee's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (91 total births) through the 1960s (45) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kathee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1957)
Similar record span (~18 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, 1946–1964 (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 Kathee 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.