Kaytee — girls' name
406 babies named Kaytee in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
406 girls have been named Kaytee since 1983, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2020.
- 406
- total births
- 1983–2020
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 38%
- born in that decade
38% of everyone ever named Kaytee was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Kaytee in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kaytee
The Social Security Administration has registered 406 babies named Kaytee between 1983 and 2020, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kaytee currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaytee performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 156 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kaytee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kaytee in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kaytee 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 406 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.
Kaytee at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kaytee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1983
- Peak year (2000)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
406 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 20 births in a single year.
Kaytee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 156 births that decade — 38% of Kaytee's all-time total
Kaytee decade highlights
- Peak decade 156 births
- Runner-up 118 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kaytee's strongest decade
156 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Kaytee by state
Where Kaytee concentrates geographically — total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11 | 2.7% |
11 of 406 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1983–2020 (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.