Girls' name · since 1925
Katty
Katty has 1,004 recorded births since 1925 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2000 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,488 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,116 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,004
- born since 1925
- 2000s
- peak decade
1,004 babies have been named Katty since 1925, making it today's #15116 girls' name.
Katty has 1,004 recorded births among girls since 1925, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15116 as of the latest data, more common than 13% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1925 to 2025.
- #7,488 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,116 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,004 born since 1925
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Katty ranks #7,488 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,116 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,004 born since 1925, peaking in the 2000s.
- #7,488 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,116 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,004
- born since 1925
- 2000s
- peak decade
Katty's 1,004 recorded births place it above 89.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Katty compares
1,004 Top 32% higher than 68% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Katty's all-time total is 167% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Katty | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,004 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 34 | 21 | 19,840 |
Katty's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Katty's full recorded timeline at 1994, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1925, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2000 peak of 34 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Katty popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1925–2025
- Peak year (2000)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 101 years of records
Katty by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (230 births, 23% of the file).
2000s was Katty's strongest decade.
230 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Katty births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 11
1940s
11 births
- 1950s 8
1950s
8 births
- 1960s 16
1960s
16 births
- 1970s 88
1970s
88 births
- 1980s
1980s
158 births
- 1990s
1990s
197 births
- 2000s
2000s
230 births
- 2010s
2010s
207 births
- 2020s 79
2020s
79 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 230 births (23% of all-time use).
How Katty 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 Katty's total volume
Katty by state
Where Katty concentrates geographically, total births since 1925
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 168 | 16.7% |
| #2 | New York | | 50 | 5.0% |
| #3 | Texas | | 17 | 1.7% |
168 of 1,004 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Katty's data
- Katty's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (230 total births) through the 2020s (79) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Kattys (168 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Katty: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~100 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, 1925–2025 (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 Katty 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.