Katy
Katy is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 73 births. Its best rank was 351st, in 1987.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 730.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1987674 births
- Best rank
- #351in 1987
- Since 1880
- 20,886people given the name
The story in the numbers
20,886 girls have been named Katy in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1987, with 674 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1985, and the 1980s alone account for 28%. It has spent 86 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Katy | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 54 | |
| 1890s | 123 | |
| 1900s | 184 | |
| 1910s | 356 | |
| 1920s | 538 | |
| 1930s | 543 | |
| 1940s | 706 | |
| 1950s | 935 | |
| 1960s | 1,445 | |
| 1970s | 2,473 | |
| 1980s | 5,926 | |
| 1990s | 3,484 | |
| 2000s | 2,212 | |
| 2010s | 1,491 | |
| 2020s | 416 |
In 1987, its biggest year
Katy was the 351st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1987 were Jessica, Ashley, Amanda, Jennifer and Sarah. See all of 1987.
Names that rose and fell with Katy
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Sarapeak 1981
- Aliciapeak 1984
- Rachelpeak 1985
- Jenellepeak 1981
- Lacypeak 1982
- Justinapeak 1990
- Joannapeak 1984
- Leighannpeak 1986
Other spellings in the data
- Kathy334,084 ever
- Katie240,788 ever
- Cathy170,291 ever
- Kathie15,086 ever
- Kathi10,109 ever
- Cathie5,586 ever
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.