Recorded 1880–2022 Girls' name Peak 1924 5,585 births

Kattie — girls' name

5,585 babies named Kattie in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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1920s
Peak decade

14% of everyone ever named Kattie was born in this single decade.

1924
Single peak year

95 babies were named Kattie in 1924 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kattie

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,585 babies named Kattie between 1880 and 2022, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kattie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 95 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kattie performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 785 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Kattie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 866 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Kattie in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kattie 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 5,585 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.

Kattie at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

5,585

Since 1880

143 years of records

Peak year

1924

95 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1880

Recorded for 143 years

Last year on file: 2022

Kattie popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1880

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (1924)
95
Annual births at peak — across 143 years of records
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Kattie by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
785 births that decade — 14% of Kattie's all-time total
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Kattie by state

Where Kattie concentrates geographically — total births since 1880

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Kattie
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Mississippi
866 15.5%
#2 North Carolina
309 5.5%
#3 Alabama
302 5.4%
#4 Georgia
241 4.3%
#5 California
165 3.0%
#6 Tennessee
101 1.8%
#7 Louisiana
98 1.8%
#8 Arkansas
90 1.6%
Mississippi share of Kattie's total US births 15.5%
Even split

866 of 5,585 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 20 reporting states.

Kattie appears in 20 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kattie?
5,585 babies have been named Kattie since 1880. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 1924 with 95 births.
When was Kattie most popular?
Kattie was most popular in the 1920s decade with 785 total births. The single peak year was 1924.
Where is Kattie most popular?
The top states for the name Kattie are Mississippi (866 births), North Carolina (309 births), Alabama (302 births).
How long has the name Kattie been used?
Kattie has been recorded in Social Security data since 1880, spanning 143 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Kattie?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kathleen, Katherine, Kathryn, Kathy, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.