Katie — #580 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Katie

The Social Security Administration has registered 240,788 babies named Katie between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Katie currently holds the #580 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 8,333 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Katie performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 72,880 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Katie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 18,665 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Katie in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Katie 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 240,788 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.