Katye — girls' name

What the Data Says About Katye

The Social Security Administration has registered 478 babies named Katye between 1890 and 2012, spanning 123 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Katye currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Katye performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 122 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Katye shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Katye in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Katye 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 478 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.