Girls' name · since 1918
Kathie
Kathie has 15,086 recorded births since 1918 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1954 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,280 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15,086
- born since 1918
- 1950s
- peak decade
Kathie is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 15,086 have been recorded since 1918.
Kathie has 15,086 recorded births among girls since 1918, 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 1918 to 2020.
- #1,280 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 15,086 born since 1918
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kathie ranks #1,280 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15,086 born since 1918, peaking in the 1950s.
- #1,280 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15,086
- born since 1918
- 1950s
- peak decade
Kathie's 15,086 recorded births place it above 98.23% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
46 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Kathie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kathie's full recorded timeline at 1971, 11% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 89% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1926, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1954 peak of 948 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kathie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2020
- Peak year (1954)
- 948
- Annual births at peak, across 103 years of records
Kathie by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (7,066 births, 47% of the file).
1950s was Kathie's strongest decade.
7,066 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Kathie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 7
1910s
7 births
- 1920s 38
1920s
38 births
- 1930s 144
1930s
144 births
- 1940s
1940s
3,313 births
- 1950s
1950s
7,066 births
- 1960s 2,618
1960s
2,618 births
- 1970s 957
1970s
957 births
- 1980s 368
1980s
368 births
- 1990s 330
1990s
330 births
- 2000s 172
2000s
172 births
- 2010s 66
2010s
66 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 7,066 births (47% of all-time use).
How Kathie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Kathie's total volume
Kathie by state
Where Kathie concentrates geographically, total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,492 | 9.9% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 930 | 6.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 876 | 5.8% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 870 | 5.8% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 827 | 5.5% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 816 | 5.4% |
| #7 | Texas | | 683 | 4.5% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 496 | 3.3% |
1,492 of 15,086 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 46 reporting states.
Kathie appears in 46 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Kathie's data
- Kathie's decade-level peak was the 1950s (7,066 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Kathies (1,492 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kathie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1954)
Similar record span (~102 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, 1918–2020 (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 Kathie 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.