Katie
Katie is ranked 582nd among girls in 2024 (518 births). Its best rank was 38th, in 1986–1987.
- Rank in 2024
- #582down 55 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 5180.03% of girls
- Peak year
- 19868,333 births
- Best rank
- #38first in 1986
- Since 1880
- 240,788people given the name
The story in the numbers
240,788 girls have been named Katie in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1986, with 8,333 births — 0.49% of all girls recorded that year.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago (rank 279 → 582).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1986, and the 1980s alone account for 30%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 42 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Katie | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,907 | |
| 1890s | 5,178 | |
| 1900s | 5,304 | |
| 1910s | 8,419 | |
| 1920s | 9,398 | |
| 1930s | 6,959 | |
| 1940s | 6,180 | |
| 1950s | 5,257 | |
| 1960s | 5,216 | |
| 1970s | 17,483 | |
| 1980s | 72,880 | |
| 1990s | 49,465 | |
| 2000s | 30,589 | |
| 2010s | 11,689 | |
| 2020s | 2,864 |
In 1986, its biggest year
Katie was the 38th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1986 were Jessica, Ashley, Amanda, Jennifer and Sarah. See all of 1986.
Names that rose and fell with Katie
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Sarahpeak 1982
- Cassiepeak 1982
- Johannapeak 1984
- Katherinepeak 1990
- Katharinepeak 1982
- Sarrahpeak 1977
- Sarapeak 1981
- Elisabethpeak 2001
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.