Kathey — girls' name

What the Data Says About Kathey

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,600 babies named Kathey between 1938 and 1977, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kathey currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1977. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 126 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kathey performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 877 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kathey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 207 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Kathey in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kathey 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 1,600 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.