Kathi

Last seen for girls in 2001 at #15,352

Peak · girls
1954 · 740 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
10,109
since 1938

Kathi over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kathi has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201953peak #311, 1954girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2001#15,3525
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1999#14,4115
1998#11,1387
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1994#11,7786
1993#8,7199
1992#8,06510
1991#10,2717
1990#5,83515
1989#7,44910
1988#7,11110
1987#5,61313
1986#5,18814
1985#3,85221
1984#3,99019
1983#3,06527
1982#3,17227
1981#2,52937
1980#2,65135
1979#2,34340
1978#2,19142
1977#2,09145
1976#1,88348
1975#1,54465
1974#1,44869
1973#1,25483
1972#1,012116
1971#882151
1970#810171
1969#748183
1968#804157
1967#723184
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1964#544330
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1962#449457
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1960#368681
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1958#324824
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1954#311740
1953#408438
1952#509275
1951#531247
1950#670159
1949#791119
1948#682147
1947#711142
1946#756117
1945#86975
1944#1,01759
1943#89576
1942#1,27839
1941#2,01817
1940#2,20314
1939#2,73610
1938#4,3425
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First appearance
1938

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 1953

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedMEVermont: #143 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 721 girlsVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedNHWashington: #255 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,829 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #356 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,423 girlsMNIllinois: #361 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 3,935 girlsILWisconsin: #365 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,988 girlsWIMichigan: #368 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 4,150 girlsMINew York: #395 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 4,273 girlsNYMassachusetts: #351 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,032 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedRIOregon: #199 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,108 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedSDIowa: #355 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,010 girlsIAIndiana: #295 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,937 girlsINOhio: #309 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 2,922 girlsOHPennsylvania: #349 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 3,954 girlsPANew Jersey: #228 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,783 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #375 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 3,306 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedNEMissouri: #324 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,224 girlsMOKentucky: #492 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,580 girlsKYWest Virginia: #322 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,973 girlsWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedARTennessee: #441 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,402 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #627 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,259 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #426 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,408 girlsOKLouisiana: #506 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,292 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedALGeorgia: #513 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,367 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedHITexas: #462 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 4,262 girlsTXFlorida: #393 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,573 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Vermont#143 · 1 in 721
  2. Oregon#199 · 1 in 1,108
  3. New Jersey#228 · 1 in 1,783
  4. Washington#255 · 1 in 1,829
  5. Indiana#295 · 1 in 2,937

Best ever in a state: #128 in Wyoming, 1965.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Vermont#14351 in 721
Oregon#199151 in 1,108
New Jersey#228281 in 1,783
Washington#255151 in 1,829
Indiana#295161 in 2,937
Ohio#309331 in 2,922
West Virginia#32271 in 2,973
Missouri#324131 in 3,224
Pennsylvania#349281 in 3,954
Massachusetts#35181 in 6,032
Iowa#35571 in 4,010
Minnesota#35681 in 4,423
Illinois#361241 in 3,935
Wisconsin#36581 in 4,988
Michigan#368201 in 4,150
California#375421 in 3,306
Florida#393101 in 3,573
New York#395361 in 4,273
Oklahoma#42651 in 4,408
Tennessee#44171 in 5,402
Texas#462261 in 4,262
Kentucky#49251 in 6,580
Louisiana#50671 in 5,292
Georgia#51371 in 6,367
North Carolina#62751 in 10,259
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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
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2001
  • Biggest jump: 383 spots in 1943 (#1,278 → #895)
  • Biggest drop: 154 spots in 1966 (#606 → #760)
Rise & fade · girls
16 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1938
  • Peaked 1954 at #311 (740 births)
  • Births halved by 1963, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 28 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1945–1971
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,441
  • 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
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 48.1% of all girls named Kathi (4,863) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s15#2,736 (1939)#3,539
1940s805#682 (1948)#1,122
1950s4,863#311 (1954)#438
1960s3,319#368 (1960)#593
1970s830#810 (1970)#1,546
1980s213#2,529 (1981)#4,462
1990s59#5,835 (1990)#10,031
2000s5#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 1953

girls
#408
438 births · 1 in 4,295 girls

Top girls' names in 1953

  1. #1Mary64,389
  2. #2Linda61,281
  3. #3Deborah52,199
  4. #4Patricia51,019
  5. #5Susan44,297
  6. #6Barbara38,473
  7. #7Debra36,856
  8. #8Nancy30,620
  9. #9Karen29,858
  10. #10Pamela25,760
  11. #408Kathi438
More about 1953

girls

1,881,301 girls got a published name in 1953; 1 in 4,295 of them was named Kathi, which outranked 93.7% of the 6,497 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kathi
  1. #405Bette444
  2. #406Adele443
  3. #407Reba440
  4. #408Kathi438
  5. #408Eloise438
  6. #408Sonia438
  7. #411Ada437
  8. #411Jacalyn437
  9. #413Fannie434

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1952
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,253Enola#3,201 → #948
  2. ↑ 885Lu#1,368 → #483
  3. ↑ 749Joni#1,046 → #297
  4. ↑ 553Brooke#1,351 → #798
  5. ↑ 531Lorri#1,430 → #899
Fallers
  1. ↓ 274Roseanna#808 → #1,082
  2. ↓ 253Georgie#946 → #1,199
  3. ↓ 218Pandora#783 → #1,001
  4. ↓ 204Fonda#822 → #1,026
  5. ↓ 195Brinda#935 → #1,130

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1953 →