Kathi
Last seen for girls in 2001 at #15,352
- Peak · girls
- 1954 · 740 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 10,109since 1938
Kathi over time
Rank among girls' names. Kathi has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 |
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| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 |
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| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 |
| 1990 | #5,835 | 15 |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 |
| 1985 | #3,852 | 21 |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 |
| 1983 | #3,065 | 27 |
| 1982 | #3,172 | 27 |
| 1981 | #2,529 | 37 |
| 1980 | #2,651 | 35 |
| 1979 | #2,343 | 40 |
| 1978 | #2,191 | 42 |
| 1977 | #2,091 | 45 |
| 1976 | #1,883 | 48 |
| 1975 | #1,544 | 65 |
| 1974 | #1,448 | 69 |
| 1973 | #1,254 | 83 |
| 1972 | #1,012 | 116 |
| 1971 | #882 | 151 |
| 1970 | #810 | 171 |
| 1969 | #748 | 183 |
| 1968 | #804 | 157 |
| 1967 | #723 | 184 |
| 1966 | #760 | 166 |
| 1965 | #606 | 255 |
| 1964 | #544 | 330 |
| 1963 | #507 | 370 |
| 1962 | #449 | 457 |
| 1961 | #424 | 536 |
| 1960 | #368 | 681 |
| 1959 | #347 | 756 |
| 1958 | #324 | 824 |
| 1957 | #363 | 624 |
| 1956 | #462 | 402 |
| 1955 | #451 | 398 |
| 1954 | #311 | 740 |
| 1953 | #408 | 438 |
| 1952 | #509 | 275 |
| 1951 | #531 | 247 |
| 1950 | #670 | 159 |
| 1949 | #791 | 119 |
| 1948 | #682 | 147 |
| 1947 | #711 | 142 |
| 1946 | #756 | 117 |
| 1945 | #869 | 75 |
| 1944 | #1,017 | 59 |
| 1943 | #895 | 76 |
| 1942 | #1,278 | 39 |
| 1941 | #2,018 | 17 |
| 1940 | #2,203 | 14 |
| 1939 | #2,736 | 10 |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kathi! It came in at #4,342, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1995–1997, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Kathi is popular in 1947
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Washington#267 · 1 in 2,151
- Oregon#300 · 1 in 2,555
- Iowa#359 · 1 in 4,733
- California#417 · 1 in 4,181
- Wisconsin#426 · 1 in 7,439
Best ever in a state: #128 in Wyoming, 1965.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Washington | #267 | 12 | 1 in 2,151 |
| Oregon | #300 | 6 | 1 in 2,555 |
| Iowa | #359 | 6 | 1 in 4,733 |
| California | #417 | 27 | 1 in 4,181 |
| Wisconsin | #426 | 5 | 1 in 7,439 |
| Illinois | #441 | 14 | 1 in 6,307 |
| Ohio | #668 | 6 | 1 in 15,018 |
| Pennsylvania | #691 | 7 | 1 in 16,240 |
| New York | #749 | 9 | 1 in 16,713 |
| Texas | #958 | 6 | 1 in 15,285 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Kathi
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2001
- Biggest jump: 383 spots in 1943 (#1,278 → #895)
- Biggest drop: 154 spots in 1966 (#606 → #760)
- Debuted 1938
- Peaked 1954 at #311 (740 births)
- Births halved by 1963, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1945–1971
- Highest: 1 in 2,441 girls born in 1958 were named Kathi (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 360,125 girls born in 2001 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #311 in 1954, was only 1 in 2,624 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 48.1% of all girls named Kathi (4,863) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 15 | #2,736 (1939) | #3,539 |
| 1940s | 805 | #682 (1948) | #1,122 |
| 1950s | 4,863 | #311 (1954) | #438 |
| 1960s | 3,319 | #368 (1960) | #593 |
| 1970s | 830 | #810 (1970) | #1,546 |
| 1980s | 213 | #2,529 (1981) | #4,462 |
| 1990s | 59 | #5,835 (1990) | #10,031 |
| 2000s | 5 | #15,352 (2001) | #15,352 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Kathi in 1947
Top girls' names in 1947
More about 1947
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1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 12,484 of them was named Kathi, which outranked 88.4% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #708Leanne143
- #708Mariann143
- #708Theodora143
- #711Kathi142
- #711Corliss142
- #711Lauretta142
- #711Lessie142
- #716Bonny141
- #716Marta141
- #716Treva141
Tied with 4 names at #711; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.