Meaning not yet researched.
Katie: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 447 in 2025. Its best rank was #38 in 1987.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #38 in 1987; #646 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Katie in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#646 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1987, at #38.
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Katie: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 447 girls in 2025. Peak: #38 in 1987 · most girls in one year: 8,333 (1986).
In 2025, 447 US girls were named Katie, making it the 646th most common girls’ name of the year, down 69 places from #577 in 2024. That is 79 fewer than the 526 girls named Katie in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #38, reached in 1987. The most girls given the name in a single year was 8,333, in 1986. For comparison, it was #307 in 2015 and #352 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Katie in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 303 babies with the name. In all, 241,784 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1980s, with 73,125 babies named Katie.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 6,426 US girls were named Katie; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 905. In 2025 that was about 1 in 3,596 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Katie ranked highest in Pennsylvania in 2025, at #238 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Karen (990,774 babies since 1880), Catherine (669,611 babies since 1880), Katherine (652,750 babies since 1880) and Kathy (334,870 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Kaytie, Kaytee and Catia are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Kaytie (600), Kaytee (406), Catia (369), Kayti (253), Cattie (89), Kattia (67), Cati (44), Caitie (28), Kaitie (17), Kaiti (11), Kaitee (6), Caytie (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
No nicknames listed for Katie in the open dataset we use.
Katie is listed as a nickname for Katherine, Kathryn, Katia, Katy.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 21 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 48 | #238 | #156 |
| Mississippi | 10 | #282 | #158 |
| Missouri | 19 | #320 | #252 |
| Kansas | 10 | #343 | #383 |
| Wisconsin | 13 | #405 | #407 |
| Iowa | 8 | #413 | #491 |
| Louisiana | 10 | #455 | #401 |
| Kentucky | 9 | #470 | #213 |
| Maryland | 11 | #482 | #243 |
| Utah | 8 | #512 | #253 |
| Indiana | 12 | #561 | #228 |
| New York | 28 | #598 | #337 |
| Alabama | 8 | #604 | #187 |
| Arizona | 10 | #655 | #419 |
| California | 45 | #689 | #315 |
| Minnesota | 7 | #690 | #577 |
| Ohio | 14 | #690 | #331 |
| North Carolina | 14 | #710 | #255 |
| Virginia | 10 | #730 | #293 |
| South Carolina | 6 | #733 | #444 |
| Michigan | 10 | #760 | #570 |
| Washington | 8 | #772 | #349 |
| Oklahoma | 5 | #777 | #258 |
| Tennessee | 9 | #782 | #246 |
| Texas | 38 | #789 | #320 |
| Massachusetts | 6 | #822 | #431 |
| Colorado | 6 | #850 | #555 |
| Georgia | 11 | #886 | #276 |
| Florida | 17 | #937 | #475 |
| New Jersey | 6 | #1,092 | #410 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 447 | #646 | — | — |
| 2024 | 526 | #577 | — | — |
| 2023 | 578 | #526 | — | — |
| 2022 | 549 | #556 | — | — |
| 2021 | 587 | #525 | — | — |
| 2020 | 637 | #480 | — | — |
| 2019 | 688 | #453 | — | — |
| 2018 | 723 | #443 | — | — |
| 2017 | 786 | #399 | — | — |
| 2016 | 905 | #362 | — | — |
| 2015 | 1,061 | #307 | — | — |
| 2014 | 1,171 | #279 | — | — |
| 2013 | 1,329 | #240 | — | — |
| 2012 | 1,452 | #219 | — | — |
| 2011 | 1,676 | #190 | — | — |
| 2010 | 1,908 | #161 | 5 | #13,301 |
| 2009 | 2,255 | #143 | — | — |
| 2008 | 2,683 | #126 | 5 | #13,594 |
| 2007 | 3,003 | #114 | 8 | #9,341 |
| 2006 | 3,104 | #106 | — | — |
| 2005 | 3,177 | #99 | 9 | #7,999 |
| 2004 | 3,226 | #102 | 9 | #7,880 |
| 2003 | 3,219 | #107 | — | — |
| 2002 | 3,247 | #103 | — | — |
| 2001 | 3,280 | #99 | — | — |
| 2000 | 3,413 | #95 | — | — |
| 1999 | 3,550 | #92 | — | — |
| 1998 | 3,746 | #88 | 5 | #10,478 |
| 1997 | 3,867 | #87 | — | — |
| 1996 | 4,329 | #81 | — | — |
| 1995 | 4,482 | #77 | 5 | #9,601 |
| 1994 | 4,983 | #70 | 7 | #7,368 |
| 1993 | 5,456 | #63 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1992 | 6,116 | #54 | 6 | #7,958 |
| 1991 | 6,425 | #53 | 14 | #4,128 |
| 1990 | 6,514 | #53 | 16 | #3,698 |
| 1989 | 7,290 | #45 | 21 | #2,952 |
| 1988 | 7,770 | #40 | 15 | #3,442 |
| 1987 | 8,197 | #38 | 18 | #2,892 |
| 1986 | 8,333 | #38 | 38 | #1,679 |
| 1985 | 7,995 | #39 | 28 | #2,045 |
| 1984 | 7,175 | #44 | 25 | #2,131 |
| 1983 | 6,705 | #45 | 20 | #2,458 |
| 1982 | 6,681 | #45 | 27 | #2,029 |
| 1981 | 6,600 | #44 | 23 | #2,241 |
| 1980 | 6,137 | #44 | 27 | #2,029 |
| 1979 | 4,512 | #63 | 11 | #3,696 |
| 1978 | 3,426 | #90 | 7 | #4,791 |
| 1977 | 2,507 | #115 | 8 | #4,389 |
| 1976 | 1,593 | #162 | 6 | #5,282 |
| 1975 | 1,296 | #194 | 5 | #5,904 |
| 1974 | 1,109 | #229 | — | — |
| 1973 | 807 | #294 | — | — |
| 1972 | 773 | #313 | — | — |
| 1971 | 759 | #336 | — | — |
| 1970 | 704 | #355 | — | — |
| 1969 | 618 | #374 | — | — |
| 1968 | 456 | #447 | — | — |
| 1967 | 421 | #463 | — | — |
| 1966 | 452 | #442 | — | — |
| 1965 | 453 | #446 | — | — |
| 1964 | 520 | #430 | — | — |
| 1963 | 545 | #412 | — | — |
| 1962 | 564 | #408 | — | — |
| 1961 | 594 | #397 | — | — |
| 1960 | 593 | #388 | — | — |
| 1959 | 658 | #373 | — | — |
| 1958 | 557 | #387 | — | — |
| 1957 | 512 | #410 | — | — |
| 1956 | 485 | #412 | — | — |
| 1955 | 477 | #400 | — | — |
| 1954 | 502 | #383 | — | — |
| 1953 | 532 | #370 | — | — |
| 1952 | 482 | #376 | — | — |
| 1951 | 547 | #339 | — | — |
| 1950 | 505 | #352 | — | — |
| 1949 | 659 | #301 | — | — |
| 1948 | 622 | #306 | — | — |
| 1947 | 586 | #323 | — | — |
| 1946 | 598 | #300 | — | — |
| 1945 | 576 | #289 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 1944 | 565 | #287 | — | — |
| 1943 | 636 | #279 | — | — |
| 1942 | 652 | #272 | — | — |
| 1941 | 650 | #253 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1940 | 636 | #250 | — | — |
| 1939 | 648 | #247 | 6 | #3,292 |
| 1938 | 642 | #248 | — | — |
| 1937 | 607 | #255 | 8 | #2,785 |
| 1936 | 632 | #247 | — | — |
| 1935 | 731 | #229 | — | — |
| 1934 | 710 | #237 | 9 | #2,661 |
| 1933 | 746 | #224 | 6 | #3,469 |
| 1932 | 754 | #222 | 6 | #3,573 |
| 1931 | 752 | #220 | — | — |
| 1930 | 737 | #226 | 6 | #3,809 |
| 1929 | 759 | #222 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 1928 | 826 | #218 | — | — |
| 1927 | 885 | #214 | 11 | #2,620 |
| 1926 | 852 | #216 | 7 | #3,564 |
| 1925 | 1,003 | #202 | 10 | #2,849 |
| 1924 | 974 | #204 | — | — |
| 1923 | 951 | #206 | 7 | #3,654 |
| 1922 | 1,051 | #194 | — | — |
| 1921 | 976 | #206 | — | — |
| 1920 | 1,121 | #184 | 5 | #4,639 |
| 1919 | 1,073 | #183 | — | — |
| 1918 | 1,013 | #195 | — | — |
| 1917 | 927 | #199 | 5 | #4,283 |
| 1916 | 935 | #191 | — | — |
| 1915 | 937 | #181 | — | — |
| 1914 | 861 | #167 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 1913 | 674 | #171 | 5 | #3,053 |
| 1912 | 732 | #149 | — | — |
| 1911 | 595 | #139 | — | — |
| 1910 | 672 | #122 | — | — |
| 1909 | 534 | #133 | — | — |
| 1908 | 531 | #131 | — | — |
| 1907 | 539 | #122 | — | — |
| 1906 | 498 | #125 | — | — |
| 1905 | 553 | #113 | 5 | #1,334 |
| 1904 | 494 | #120 | — | — |
| 1903 | 512 | #111 | — | — |
| 1902 | 572 | #102 | — | — |
| 1901 | 453 | #116 | — | — |
| 1900 | 618 | #107 | — | — |
| 1899 | 459 | #108 | — | — |
| 1898 | 580 | #104 | — | — |
| 1897 | 492 | #105 | — | — |
| 1896 | 516 | #99 | — | — |
| 1895 | 536 | #100 | — | — |
| 1894 | 525 | #95 | — | — |
| 1893 | 504 | #96 | — | — |
| 1892 | 563 | #86 | 5 | #1,166 |
| 1891 | 494 | #90 | — | — |
| 1890 | 509 | #87 | — | — |
| 1889 | 502 | #80 | — | — |
| 1888 | 516 | #80 | — | — |
| 1887 | 440 | #77 | — | — |
| 1886 | 431 | #80 | — | — |
| 1885 | 388 | #81 | — | — |
| 1884 | 360 | #83 | — | — |
| 1883 | 361 | #78 | — | — |
| 1882 | 327 | #78 | — | — |
| 1881 | 279 | #83 | — | — |
| 1880 | 303 | #76 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).