Kitty
Kitty was last recorded in 2024, when 6 babies were given it; 11,657 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 2024 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 6,270 Americans named Kitty and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (54% of everyone recorded); the median is 68 years old and half are between 60 and 77.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Kitty by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Kitty mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Kitty is “a diminutive of the female given name Katherine or related names.”
Also “a generic given name for a cat.”
Clipping of Katherine and related names + -y (diminutive suffix).
/ˈkɪti/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Kitty?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #14,417, in 2024; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
358 babies in 1947, the peak
Kitty peaked in 1947, when 358 girls were given it, #430 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #14,417 | under 0.01 |
| 2023 | 6 | #14,351 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,928 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 7 | #13,154 | under 0.01 |
| 2018 | 6 | #14,802 | under 0.01 |
| 2017 | 12 | #9,074 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 7 | #13,655 | under 0.01 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,520 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,295 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,985 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (143)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 10 | #10,871 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 11 | #10,089 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 11 | #10,151 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 8 | #13,100 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,343 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,502 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,499 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,329 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,462 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,795 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 11 | #9,175 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,477 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,652 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 26 | #4,385 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,700 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,590 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,958 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,765 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 9 | #9,227 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 23 | #4,462 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,862 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 30 | #3,574 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 21 | #4,596 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,419 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 29 | #3,345 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 18 | #4,571 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 24 | #3,594 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 23 | #3,667 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 23 | #3,569 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 28 | #3,021 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 27 | #3,215 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 48 | #2,140 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 43 | #2,295 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 54 | #1,933 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 57 | #1,792 | 0.04 |
| 1977 | 62 | #1,688 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 42 | #2,082 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 42 | #2,080 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 62 | #1,557 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 65 | #1,468 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 66 | #1,463 | 0.04 |
| 1971 | 68 | #1,496 | 0.04 |
| 1970 | 84 | #1,287 | 0.05 |
| 1969 | 73 | #1,336 | 0.04 |
| 1968 | 77 | #1,253 | 0.05 |
| 1967 | 88 | #1,126 | 0.05 |
| 1966 | 126 | #898 | 0.07 |
| 1965 | 127 | #891 | 0.07 |
| 1964 | 169 | #805 | 0.09 |
| 1963 | 186 | #756 | 0.10 |
| 1962 | 235 | #665 | 0.12 |
| 1961 | 231 | #682 | 0.11 |
| 1960 | 263 | #621 | 0.13 |
| 1959 | 311 | #552 | 0.15 |
| 1958 | 357 | #511 | 0.18 |
| 1957 | 261 | #604 | 0.13 |
| 1956 | 277 | #562 | 0.14 |
| 1955 | 269 | #551 | 0.14 |
| 1954 | 220 | #611 | 0.11 |
| 1953 | 209 | #610 | 0.11 |
| 1952 | 193 | #638 | 0.10 |
| 1951 | 228 | #560 | 0.13 |
| 1950 | 228 | #547 | 0.13 |
| 1949 | 238 | #538 | 0.14 |
| 1948 | 288 | #472 | 0.17 |
| 1947 | 358 | #430 | 0.20 |
| 1946 | 294 | #453 | 0.19 |
| 1945 | 210 | #506 | 0.16 |
| 1944 | 174 | #550 | 0.13 |
| 1943 | 182 | #559 | 0.13 |
| 1942 | 169 | #570 | 0.13 |
| 1941 | 172 | #534 | 0.14 |
| 1940 | 150 | #565 | 0.13 |
| 1939 | 121 | #615 | 0.11 |
| 1938 | 136 | #594 | 0.12 |
| 1937 | 106 | #662 | 0.10 |
| 1936 | 105 | #645 | 0.10 |
| 1935 | 130 | #562 | 0.12 |
| 1934 | 123 | #590 | 0.12 |
| 1933 | 121 | #586 | 0.12 |
| 1932 | 126 | #584 | 0.12 |
| 1931 | 123 | #597 | 0.12 |
| 1930 | 114 | #647 | 0.10 |
| 1929 | 119 | #635 | 0.11 |
| 1928 | 122 | #639 | 0.11 |
| 1927 | 117 | #666 | 0.10 |
| 1926 | 127 | #638 | 0.11 |
| 1925 | 127 | #654 | 0.10 |
| 1924 | 127 | #662 | 0.10 |
| 1923 | 107 | #707 | 0.09 |
| 1922 | 95 | #752 | 0.08 |
| 1921 | 83 | #805 | 0.07 |
| 1920 | 85 | #786 | 0.07 |
| 1919 | 89 | #750 | 0.08 |
| 1918 | 97 | #728 | 0.08 |
| 1917 | 91 | #736 | 0.08 |
| 1916 | 89 | #723 | 0.09 |
| 1915 | 105 | #647 | 0.11 |
| 1914 | 81 | #645 | 0.11 |
| 1913 | 58 | #685 | 0.09 |
| 1912 | 55 | #676 | 0.10 |
| 1911 | 48 | #621 | 0.11 |
| 1910 | 46 | #625 | 0.12 |
| 1909 | 41 | #611 | 0.12 |
| 1908 | 32 | #686 | 0.10 |
| 1907 | 38 | #609 | 0.12 |
| 1906 | 37 | #586 | 0.13 |
| 1905 | 33 | #614 | 0.11 |
| 1904 | 23 | #743 | 0.08 |
| 1903 | 29 | #619 | 0.11 |
| 1902 | 39 | #512 | 0.15 |
| 1901 | 32 | #542 | 0.13 |
| 1900 | 39 | #548 | 0.13 |
| 1899 | 25 | #621 | 0.11 |
| 1898 | 37 | #514 | 0.14 |
| 1897 | 30 | #547 | 0.13 |
| 1896 | 35 | #501 | 0.15 |
| 1895 | 30 | #543 | 0.13 |
| 1894 | 29 | #538 | 0.13 |
| 1893 | 31 | #495 | 0.15 |
| 1892 | 29 | #508 | 0.14 |
| 1891 | 29 | #479 | 0.16 |
| 1890 | 27 | #502 | 0.14 |
| 1889 | 28 | #471 | 0.16 |
| 1888 | 28 | #474 | 0.16 |
| 1887 | 33 | #375 | 0.23 |
| 1886 | 31 | #389 | 0.21 |
| 1885 | 18 | #511 | 0.14 |
| 1884 | 16 | #531 | 0.12 |
| 1883 | 16 | #491 | 0.14 |
| 1882 | 19 | #423 | 0.18 |
| 1881 | 22 | #355 | 0.24 |
| 1880 | 9 | #609 | 0.10 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Kitty a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Kitty has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 143 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Kitty: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Kitty, and how old are they?
6,270 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 54% of the 11,657 Americans ever recorded as Kitty. The median Kitty alive today is 68 years old; half are between 60 and 77.
The 2020 Census counted 7,484 people named Kitty (7,423 women and girls, 61 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 7,134 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 814 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 3,700 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,050 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 365 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 239 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 92 |
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 Kitty born?
The states with the most babies named Kitty are California, Texas and Pennsylvania, with 27% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 706 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Texas | 705 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 520 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Virginia | 518 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| New York | 507 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Ohio | 400 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| North Carolina | 386 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| West Virginia | 289 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Tennessee | 287 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 286 | not ranked | 0.5× |
Where Kitty is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Kitty is most over-represented in Virginia: since 1910 it was given 2.0 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 Kitty 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 4 names spelled alike, given to 14,430 babies since 1880, Kitty is the most given (81% of them).
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 Kitty
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 Kitty and names like it
- Compare Kitty and KittieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sKitty peaked in 1947.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Kitty since 1910.
- The top names of 1947The year the most babies were named Kitty.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Kitty alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with KMost given first.