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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201958peak #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
1966#760166
1965#606255
1964#544330
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1962#449457
1961#424536
1960#368681
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1958#324824
1957#363624
1956#462402
1955#451398
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 1958

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedAKMaine: #150 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 640 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #167 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 893 girlsNHWashington: #227 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,139 girlsWAIdaho: #186 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 699 girlsIDMontana: #249 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,314 girlsMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #261 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,098 girlsMNIllinois: #328 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 2,796 girlsILWisconsin: #247 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,064 girlsWIMichigan: #262 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 2,090 girlsMINew York: #352 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 3,084 girlsNYMassachusetts: #266 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,680 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedRIOregon: #265 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,520 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: #212 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,375 girlsIAIndiana: #247 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,739 girlsINOhio: #262 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 1,979 girlsOHPennsylvania: #290 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 2,318 girlsPANew Jersey: #289 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 2,394 girlsNJConnecticut: #286 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,426 girlsCTCalifornia: #290 for girls · 93 births · 1 in 1,752 girlsCAUtah: #332 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,064 girlsUTColorado: #316 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,061 girlsCONebraska: #249 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,734 girlsNEMissouri: #294 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,474 girlsMOKentucky: #256 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,828 girlsKYWest Virginia: #302 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,148 girlsWVVirginia: #411 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,084 girlsVAMaryland: #307 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,501 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedDEArizona: #327 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,755 girlsAZNew Mexico: #343 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,918 girlsNMKansas: #195 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,052 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedARTennessee: #467 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,235 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #436 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,474 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #317 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,237 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #278 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,938 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedMSAlabama: #400 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,271 girlsALGeorgia: #316 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,256 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kathi, so not publishedHITexas: #413 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 3,118 girlsTXFlorida: #332 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,373 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Maine#150 · 1 in 640
  2. New Hampshire#167 · 1 in 893
  3. Idaho#186 · 1 in 699
  4. Kansas#195 · 1 in 1,052
  5. Iowa#212 · 1 in 1,375

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Maine#150151 in 640
New Hampshire#16761 in 893
Idaho#18691 in 699
Kansas#195201 in 1,052
Iowa#212201 in 1,375
Washington#227251 in 1,139
Indiana#247291 in 1,739
Wisconsin#247211 in 2,064
Montana#24951 in 1,314
Nebraska#24981 in 1,734
Kentucky#256181 in 1,828
Minnesota#261181 in 2,098
Michigan#262441 in 2,090
Ohio#262541 in 1,979
Oregon#265101 in 1,520
Massachusetts#266201 in 2,680
Oklahoma#278111 in 1,938
Connecticut#286101 in 2,426
New Jersey#289241 in 2,394
California#290931 in 1,752
Pennsylvania#290501 in 2,318
Missouri#294181 in 2,474
West Virginia#30291 in 2,148
Maryland#307121 in 2,501
Colorado#31691 in 2,061
Georgia#316201 in 2,256
South Carolina#317121 in 2,237
Arizona#32781 in 1,755
Illinois#328381 in 2,796
Florida#332201 in 2,373
Utah#33251 in 2,064
New Mexico#34361 in 1,918
New York#352551 in 3,084
Alabama#400111 in 3,271
Virginia#411101 in 4,084
Texas#413361 in 3,118
North Carolina#436111 in 4,474
Tennessee#46771 in 5,235
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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 1958

girls
#324
824 births · 1 in 2,441 girls

Top girls' names in 1958

  1. #1Mary55,848
  2. #2Susan45,175
  3. #3Linda41,904
  4. #4Karen38,487
  5. #5Patricia37,961
  6. #6Debra35,521
  7. #7Deborah32,943
  8. #8Cynthia31,014
  9. #9Barbara27,874
  10. #10Donna26,959
  11. #324Kathi824
More about 1958

girls

2,011,619 girls got a published name in 1958; 1 in 2,441 of them was named Kathi, which outranked 95.4% of the 7,030 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kathi
  1. #321Sonia839
  2. #322Trudy831
  3. #323Jennie826
  4. #324Kathi824
  5. #324Shannon824
  6. #324Yvette824
  7. #327Bonita822
  8. #328Lucille818
  9. #329Kerry806

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

Biggest movers since 1957
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,133Brigitte#1,904 → #771
  2. ↑ 760Samantha#1,754 → #994
  3. ↑ 709Selena#1,388 → #679
  4. ↑ 672Tambra#1,588 → #916
  5. ↑ 570Bridgette#1,274 → #704
Fallers
  1. ↓ 312Sarita#970 → #1,282
  2. ↓ 311Beryl#910 → #1,221
  3. ↓ 309Sherree#827 → #1,136
  4. ↓ 275Winnie#965 → #1,240
  5. ↓ 236Jacalyn#975 → #1,211

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

See the top 100 for 1958 →