Katie
Katie was given to 447 girls in 2025, #646 among girls’ names; 241,784 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 195,000 Americans named Katie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (81% of everyone recorded); the median is 37 years old and half are between 27 and 44.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Katie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Katie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Katie is “a diminutive of the female given name Catherine or any of its variant spellings.”
/ˈkeɪti/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Katie?
#646 among girls’ names, 2025
Katie fell from #307 in 2015 to #646 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.59 to 0.28 per 1,000.
8,371 babies in 1986, the peak
Katie peaked in 1986, when 8,371 babies were given it (8,333 girls, #38 among girls’ names). The 447 births of 2025 are 5% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 447 | #646 | 0.28 |
| 2024 | 526 | #577 | 0.32 |
| 2023 | 578 | #526 | 0.36 |
| 2022 | 549 | #556 | 0.33 |
| 2021 | 587 | #525 | 0.36 |
| 2020 | 637 | #480 | 0.39 |
| 2019 | 688 | #453 | 0.41 |
| 2018 | 723 | #443 | 0.43 |
| 2017 | 786 | #399 | 0.46 |
| 2016 | 905 | #362 | 0.51 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,061 | #307 | 0.59 |
| 2014 | 1,171 | #279 | 0.66 |
| 2013 | 1,329 | #240 | 0.76 |
| 2012 | 1,452 | #219 | 0.82 |
| 2011 | 1,676 | #190 | 1.0 |
| 2010 | 1,908 | #161 | 1.1 |
| 2009 | 2,255 | #143 | 1.2 |
| 2008 | 2,683 | #126 | 1.4 |
| 2007 | 3,003 | #114 | 1.6 |
| 2006 | 3,104 | #106 | 1.6 |
| 2005 | 3,177 | #99 | 1.7 |
| 2004 | 3,226 | #102 | 1.8 |
| 2003 | 3,219 | #107 | 1.8 |
| 2002 | 3,247 | #103 | 1.8 |
| 2001 | 3,280 | #99 | 1.8 |
| 2000 | 3,413 | #95 | 1.9 |
| 1999 | 3,550 | #92 | 2.0 |
| 1998 | 3,746 | #88 | 2.1 |
| 1997 | 3,867 | #87 | 2.2 |
| 1996 | 4,329 | #81 | 2.5 |
| 1995 | 4,482 | #77 | 2.5 |
| 1994 | 4,983 | #70 | 2.8 |
| 1993 | 5,456 | #63 | 3.0 |
| 1992 | 6,116 | #54 | 3.3 |
| 1991 | 6,425 | #53 | 3.4 |
| 1990 | 6,514 | #53 | 3.4 |
| 1989 | 7,290 | #45 | 4.0 |
| 1988 | 7,770 | #40 | 4.4 |
| 1987 | 8,197 | #38 | 4.7 |
| 1986 | 8,333 | #38 | 4.9 |
| 1985 | 7,995 | #39 | 4.6 |
| 1984 | 7,175 | #44 | 4.3 |
| 1983 | 6,705 | #45 | 4.0 |
| 1982 | 6,681 | #45 | 3.9 |
| 1981 | 6,600 | #44 | 4.0 |
| 1980 | 6,137 | #44 | 3.7 |
| 1979 | 4,512 | #63 | 2.8 |
| 1978 | 3,426 | #90 | 2.2 |
| 1977 | 2,507 | #115 | 1.6 |
| 1976 | 1,593 | #162 | 1.1 |
| 1975 | 1,296 | #194 | 0.89 |
| 1974 | 1,109 | #229 | 0.76 |
| 1973 | 807 | #294 | 0.55 |
| 1972 | 773 | #313 | 0.51 |
| 1971 | 759 | #336 | 0.46 |
| 1970 | 704 | #355 | 0.40 |
| 1969 | 618 | #374 | 0.37 |
| 1968 | 456 | #447 | 0.28 |
| 1967 | 421 | #463 | 0.25 |
| 1966 | 452 | #442 | 0.27 |
| 1965 | 453 | #446 | 0.26 |
| 1964 | 520 | #430 | 0.27 |
| 1963 | 545 | #412 | 0.28 |
| 1962 | 564 | #408 | 0.29 |
| 1961 | 594 | #397 | 0.29 |
| 1960 | 593 | #388 | 0.29 |
| 1959 | 658 | #373 | 0.33 |
| 1958 | 557 | #387 | 0.28 |
| 1957 | 512 | #410 | 0.25 |
| 1956 | 485 | #411 | 0.24 |
| 1955 | 477 | #399 | 0.24 |
| 1954 | 502 | #382 | 0.26 |
| 1953 | 532 | #369 | 0.28 |
| 1952 | 482 | #375 | 0.26 |
| 1951 | 547 | #338 | 0.30 |
| 1950 | 505 | #351 | 0.29 |
| 1949 | 659 | #301 | 0.39 |
| 1948 | 622 | #306 | 0.37 |
| 1947 | 586 | #323 | 0.33 |
| 1946 | 598 | #300 | 0.38 |
| 1945 | 576 | #289 | 0.44 |
| 1944 | 565 | #287 | 0.43 |
| 1943 | 636 | #279 | 0.46 |
| 1942 | 652 | #272 | 0.48 |
| 1941 | 650 | #253 | 0.54 |
| 1940 | 636 | #250 | 0.56 |
| 1939 | 648 | #247 | 0.59 |
| 1938 | 642 | #248 | 0.58 |
| 1937 | 607 | #255 | 0.57 |
| 1936 | 632 | #247 | 0.61 |
| 1935 | 731 | #229 | 0.70 |
| 1934 | 710 | #237 | 0.68 |
| 1933 | 746 | #224 | 0.74 |
| 1932 | 754 | #222 | 0.71 |
| 1931 | 752 | #220 | 0.71 |
| 1930 | 737 | #226 | 0.65 |
| 1929 | 759 | #222 | 0.68 |
| 1928 | 826 | #218 | 0.72 |
| 1927 | 885 | #214 | 0.74 |
| 1926 | 852 | #216 | 0.72 |
| 1925 | 1,003 | #202 | 0.82 |
| 1924 | 974 | #204 | 0.78 |
| 1923 | 951 | #206 | 0.79 |
| 1922 | 1,051 | #194 | 0.88 |
| 1921 | 976 | #206 | 0.79 |
| 1920 | 1,121 | #184 | 0.94 |
| 1919 | 1,073 | #183 | 0.95 |
| 1918 | 1,013 | #195 | 0.88 |
| 1917 | 927 | #199 | 0.86 |
| 1916 | 935 | #191 | 0.90 |
| 1915 | 937 | #181 | 1.0 |
| 1914 | 861 | #167 | 1.1 |
| 1913 | 674 | #171 | 1.1 |
| 1912 | 732 | #149 | 1.3 |
| 1911 | 595 | #139 | 1.4 |
| 1910 | 672 | #122 | 1.7 |
| 1909 | 534 | #133 | 1.5 |
| 1908 | 531 | #131 | 1.6 |
| 1907 | 539 | #122 | 1.7 |
| 1906 | 498 | #125 | 1.7 |
| 1905 | 553 | #113 | 1.9 |
| 1904 | 494 | #120 | 1.8 |
| 1903 | 512 | #111 | 2.0 |
| 1902 | 572 | #102 | 2.2 |
| 1901 | 453 | #116 | 1.9 |
| 1900 | 618 | #107 | 2.1 |
| 1899 | 459 | #108 | 2.0 |
| 1898 | 580 | #104 | 2.2 |
| 1897 | 492 | #105 | 2.1 |
| 1896 | 516 | #99 | 2.2 |
| 1895 | 536 | #100 | 2.3 |
| 1894 | 525 | #95 | 2.4 |
| 1893 | 504 | #96 | 2.4 |
| 1892 | 563 | #86 | 2.7 |
| 1891 | 494 | #90 | 2.7 |
| 1890 | 509 | #87 | 2.7 |
| 1889 | 502 | #80 | 2.8 |
| 1888 | 516 | #80 | 2.9 |
| 1887 | 440 | #77 | 3.0 |
| 1886 | 431 | #80 | 3.0 |
| 1885 | 388 | #81 | 2.9 |
| 1884 | 360 | #83 | 2.8 |
| 1883 | 361 | #78 | 3.2 |
| 1882 | 327 | #78 | 3.0 |
| 1881 | 279 | #83 | 3.0 |
| 1880 | 303 | #76 | 3.3 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Katie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Katie has been given almost only to girls: 499 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Katie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Katie, and how old are they?
195,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 81% of the 241,784 Americans ever recorded as Katie. The median Katie alive today is 37 years old; half are between 27 and 44.
The 2020 Census counted 215,039 people named Katie (214,755 women and girls, 284 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 196,514 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 3,440 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 8,140 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 24,600 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 102,000 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 46,300 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 9,920 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Katie born?
The states with the most babies named Katie are Pennsylvania, California and Texas, with 31% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 48 | #238 | 1.0× |
| California | 45 | #689 | 0.7× |
| Texas | 38 | #789 | 0.7× |
| New York | 28 | #598 | 0.6× |
| Missouri | 19 | #320 | 1.0× |
| Florida | 17 | #937 | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 14 | #690 | 1.0× |
| North Carolina | 14 | #710 | 1.4× |
| Wisconsin | 13 | #405 | 1.4× |
| Indiana | 12 | #561 | 0.9× |
Where Katie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Katie is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 1.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Katie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 371,055 babies since 1880, Katie is the most given (65% of them). In 2025 it was given to 447 of their 1,229 babies (36%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Katie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Katie and names like it
- Compare Katie and KateBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sKatie peaked in 1986.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Katie since 1910.
- The top names of 1986The year the most babies were named Katie.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Katie alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with KMost given first.