Meaning not yet researched.
Katy: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 64 in 2025. Its best rank was #351 in 1987.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #351 in 1987; #2,709 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Katy in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,709 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1987, at #351.
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Katy: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 64 girls in 2025. Peak: #351 in 1987 · most girls in one year: 674 (1987).
In 2025, 64 US girls were named Katy, making it the 2,709th most common girls’ name of the year, down 233 places from #2,476 in 2024. That is 9 fewer than the 73 girls named Katy in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #351, reached in 1987. That year also had the most girls given the name: 674. For comparison, it was #1,547 in 2015 and #1,057 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Katy in 144 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 7 babies. In all, 20,957 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 1980s, with 5,931 babies named Katy.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 933 US girls were named Katy; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 133. In 2025 that was about 1 in 25,114 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Katy ranked highest in Texas in 2025, at #1,977 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). The open nickname list we use links it to Kate, Kathy and Katie.
Meaning not yet researched.
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US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 48 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 11 | #1,977 | #1,105 |
| Florida | 6 | #2,023 | #1,967 |
| California | 8 | #2,388 | #1,224 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 64 | #2,709 | — | — |
| 2024 | 73 | #2,476 | — | — |
| 2023 | 89 | #2,150 | — | — |
| 2022 | 85 | #2,220 | — | — |
| 2021 | 87 | #2,164 | — | — |
| 2020 | 82 | #2,208 | — | — |
| 2019 | 91 | #2,081 | — | — |
| 2018 | 113 | #1,804 | — | — |
| 2017 | 116 | #1,795 | — | — |
| 2016 | 133 | #1,640 | — | — |
| 2015 | 143 | #1,547 | — | — |
| 2014 | 184 | #1,296 | — | — |
| 2013 | 160 | #1,424 | — | — |
| 2012 | 165 | #1,401 | — | — |
| 2011 | 201 | #1,200 | — | — |
| 2010 | 185 | #1,290 | — | — |
| 2009 | 194 | #1,260 | — | — |
| 2008 | 214 | #1,192 | — | — |
| 2007 | 217 | #1,175 | — | — |
| 2006 | 210 | #1,161 | — | — |
| 2005 | 226 | #1,057 | — | — |
| 2004 | 240 | #988 | — | — |
| 2003 | 233 | #994 | — | — |
| 2002 | 240 | #935 | — | — |
| 2001 | 218 | #987 | — | — |
| 2000 | 220 | #964 | — | — |
| 1999 | 243 | #881 | — | — |
| 1998 | 257 | #830 | — | — |
| 1997 | 279 | #758 | — | — |
| 1996 | 274 | #771 | — | — |
| 1995 | 328 | #654 | — | — |
| 1994 | 349 | #630 | — | — |
| 1993 | 398 | #591 | — | — |
| 1992 | 458 | #518 | — | — |
| 1991 | 430 | #549 | — | — |
| 1990 | 470 | #511 | — | — |
| 1989 | 584 | #426 | — | — |
| 1988 | 588 | #407 | — | — |
| 1987 | 674 | #351 | — | — |
| 1986 | 655 | #362 | — | — |
| 1985 | 654 | #362 | — | — |
| 1984 | 566 | #388 | — | — |
| 1983 | 561 | #392 | — | — |
| 1982 | 564 | #406 | — | — |
| 1981 | 577 | #393 | — | — |
| 1980 | 503 | #429 | 5 | #6,762 |
| 1979 | 461 | #445 | — | — |
| 1978 | 440 | #453 | — | — |
| 1977 | 323 | #549 | — | — |
| 1976 | 219 | #680 | — | — |
| 1975 | 207 | #714 | — | — |
| 1974 | 194 | #734 | — | — |
| 1973 | 164 | #799 | — | — |
| 1972 | 147 | #871 | — | — |
| 1971 | 153 | #878 | — | — |
| 1970 | 165 | #831 | — | — |
| 1969 | 132 | #924 | — | — |
| 1968 | 109 | #1,005 | — | — |
| 1967 | 90 | #1,099 | — | — |
| 1966 | 110 | #976 | — | — |
| 1965 | 140 | #843 | — | — |
| 1964 | 160 | #831 | — | — |
| 1963 | 157 | #833 | — | — |
| 1962 | 190 | #754 | — | — |
| 1961 | 172 | #796 | — | — |
| 1960 | 185 | #752 | — | — |
| 1959 | 180 | #759 | — | — |
| 1958 | 146 | #848 | — | — |
| 1957 | 117 | #952 | — | — |
| 1956 | 82 | #1,148 | — | — |
| 1955 | 66 | #1,248 | — | — |
| 1954 | 76 | #1,138 | — | — |
| 1953 | 63 | #1,222 | — | — |
| 1952 | 60 | #1,230 | — | — |
| 1951 | 69 | #1,126 | — | — |
| 1950 | 76 | #1,057 | — | — |
| 1949 | 60 | #1,179 | — | — |
| 1948 | 76 | #1,003 | — | — |
| 1947 | 76 | #1,018 | — | — |
| 1946 | 75 | #964 | — | — |
| 1945 | 55 | #1,054 | — | — |
| 1944 | 68 | #939 | — | — |
| 1943 | 69 | #950 | — | — |
| 1942 | 66 | #963 | — | — |
| 1941 | 80 | #811 | — | — |
| 1940 | 81 | #788 | — | — |
| 1939 | 77 | #779 | — | — |
| 1938 | 57 | #946 | — | — |
| 1937 | 59 | #899 | — | — |
| 1936 | 66 | #831 | — | — |
| 1935 | 57 | #917 | — | — |
| 1934 | 48 | #997 | — | — |
| 1933 | 46 | #1,033 | — | — |
| 1932 | 42 | #1,105 | — | — |
| 1931 | 49 | #1,004 | — | — |
| 1930 | 42 | #1,148 | — | — |
| 1929 | 57 | #955 | — | — |
| 1928 | 52 | #1,046 | — | — |
| 1927 | 47 | #1,115 | — | — |
| 1926 | 43 | #1,172 | — | — |
| 1925 | 65 | #926 | — | — |
| 1924 | 60 | #988 | — | — |
| 1923 | 65 | #910 | — | — |
| 1922 | 51 | #1,071 | — | — |
| 1921 | 41 | #1,211 | — | — |
| 1920 | 57 | #974 | — | — |
| 1919 | 66 | #862 | — | — |
| 1918 | 45 | #1,092 | — | — |
| 1917 | 45 | #1,060 | — | — |
| 1916 | 44 | #1,048 | — | — |
| 1915 | 41 | #1,046 | — | — |
| 1914 | 40 | #936 | — | — |
| 1913 | 28 | #1,033 | — | — |
| 1912 | 13 | #1,573 | — | — |
| 1911 | 18 | #1,053 | — | — |
| 1910 | 16 | #1,146 | — | — |
| 1909 | 23 | #857 | — | — |
| 1908 | 20 | #897 | — | — |
| 1907 | 24 | #767 | — | — |
| 1906 | 17 | #905 | — | — |
| 1905 | 15 | #988 | — | — |
| 1904 | 15 | #948 | — | — |
| 1903 | 13 | #1,003 | — | — |
| 1902 | 24 | #703 | — | — |
| 1901 | 16 | #842 | — | — |
| 1900 | 17 | #929 | — | — |
| 1899 | 17 | #804 | — | — |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,436 | — | — |
| 1897 | 15 | #845 | — | — |
| 1896 | 10 | #1,083 | — | — |
| 1895 | 17 | #780 | — | — |
| 1894 | 12 | #924 | — | — |
| 1893 | 14 | #812 | — | — |
| 1892 | 8 | #1,129 | — | — |
| 1891 | 10 | #922 | — | — |
| 1890 | 13 | #775 | — | — |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,208 | — | — |
| 1888 | 8 | #994 | — | — |
| 1887 | 10 | #767 | — | — |
| 1886 | 6 | #1,036 | — | — |
| 1885 | 7 | #877 | — | — |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,092 | — | — |
| 1882 | 5 | #975 | — | — |
| 1880 | 7 | #708 | — | — |
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).