Kathy — #2691 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kathy

The Social Security Administration has registered 334,084 babies named Kathy between 1910 and 2024, spanning 115 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kathy currently holds the #2691 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 23,940 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kathy performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 157,930 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Kathy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 27,163 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Kathy in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kathy 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 334,084 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.