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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #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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1965#606255
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 1955

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedAKMaine: #249 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,891 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedNHWashington: #246 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,648 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: #301 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,800 girlsMNIllinois: #569 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 8,398 girlsILWisconsin: #292 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,977 girlsWIMichigan: #483 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 6,393 girlsMINew York: #430 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 4,538 girlsNYMassachusetts: #488 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,279 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedRIOregon: #203 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,162 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: #433 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,689 girlsIAIndiana: #289 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,538 girlsINOhio: #355 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 3,923 girlsOHPennsylvania: #367 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 4,177 girlsPANew Jersey: #466 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,703 girlsNJConnecticut: #290 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,876 girlsCTCalifornia: #421 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 3,950 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedUTColorado: #368 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,981 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedNEMissouri: #495 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,217 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: #300 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,458 girlsWVVirginia: #519 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,824 girlsVAMaryland: #453 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,744 girlsMDDelaware: 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: #267 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,972 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedARTennessee: #391 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,844 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #463 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,411 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedLAMississippi: #502 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,500 girlsMSAlabama: #507 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,041 girlsALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedHITexas: #604 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 6,217 girlsTXFlorida: #419 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,961 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oregon#203 · 1 in 1,162
  2. Washington#246 · 1 in 1,648
  3. Maine#249 · 1 in 1,891
  4. Kansas#267 · 1 in 1,972
  5. Indiana#289 · 1 in 2,538

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oregon#203141 in 1,162
Washington#246171 in 1,648
Maine#24951 in 1,891
Kansas#267111 in 1,972
Indiana#289191 in 2,538
Connecticut#29081 in 2,876
Wisconsin#292141 in 2,977
West Virginia#30081 in 2,458
Minnesota#301131 in 2,800
Ohio#355261 in 3,923
Pennsylvania#367271 in 4,177
Colorado#36861 in 2,981
Tennessee#391101 in 3,844
Florida#419101 in 3,961
California#421371 in 3,950
New York#430361 in 4,538
Iowa#43351 in 5,689
Maryland#45351 in 5,744
Oklahoma#46351 in 4,411
New Jersey#46681 in 6,703
Michigan#483141 in 6,393
Massachusetts#48851 in 10,279
Missouri#49571 in 6,217
Mississippi#50251 in 5,500
Alabama#50761 in 6,041
Virginia#51961 in 6,824
Illinois#569121 in 8,398
Texas#604181 in 6,217
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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 1955

girls
#451
398 births · 1 in 4,913 girls

Top girls' names in 1955

  1. #1Mary63,174
  2. #2Deborah52,318
  3. #3Linda51,300
  4. #4Debra50,563
  5. #5Susan47,418
  6. #6Patricia46,226
  7. #7Barbara33,617
  8. #8Karen33,217
  9. #9Nancy30,023
  10. #10Donna27,940
  11. #451Kathi398
More about 1955

girls

1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 4,913 of them was named Kathi, which outranked 93.3% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kathi
  1. #448Leticia402
  2. #448Tonya402
  3. #450Jeanie401
  4. #451Kathi398
  5. #452Randi397
  6. #453Nita396
  7. #453Shawn396
Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. ↑ 793Athena#1,505 → #712
  2. ↑ 675Desiree#984 → #309
  3. ↑ 661Roni#1,197 → #536
  4. ↑ 630Gisele#1,444 → #814
  5. ↑ 593Carmel#1,422 → #829
Fallers
  1. ↓ 514Valinda#806 → #1,320
  2. ↓ 378Elouise#969 → #1,347
  3. ↓ 287Veda#831 → #1,118
  4. ↓ 275Drema#978 → #1,253
  5. ↓ 264Brooke#965 → #1,229

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

See the top 100 for 1955 →