Kathi — girls' name

What the Data Says About Kathi

The Social Security Administration has registered 10,109 babies named Kathi between 1938 and 2001, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kathi currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 824 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kathi performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 4,863 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Kathi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,042 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Kathi in 47 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kathi 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 10,109 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.