Kathie
Last seen for girls in 2020 at #12,142
- Peak · girls
- 1954 · 948 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 15,086since 1918
Kathie over time
Rank among girls' names. Kathie has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 |
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 |
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 |
| 2006 | #7,482 | 16 |
| 2005 | #7,500 | 15 |
| 2004 | #5,208 | 24 |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 |
| 2002 | #5,897 | 19 |
| 2001 | #5,570 | 20 |
| 2000 | #4,185 | 29 |
| 1999 | #6,484 | 15 |
| 1998 | #4,142 | 27 |
| 1997 | #2,733 | 45 |
| 1996 | #3,942 | 27 |
| 1995 | #3,152 | 36 |
| 1994 | #3,790 | 28 |
| 1993 | #2,825 | 42 |
| 1992 | #3,036 | 38 |
| 1991 | #2,886 | 40 |
| 1990 | #3,364 | 32 |
| 1989 | #2,572 | 44 |
| 1988 | #3,225 | 30 |
| 1987 | #2,612 | 38 |
| 1986 | #2,973 | 31 |
| 1985 | #3,170 | 28 |
| 1984 | #3,233 | 26 |
| 1983 | #2,595 | 34 |
| 1982 | #2,150 | 47 |
| 1981 | #2,342 | 42 |
| 1980 | #2,128 | 48 |
| 1979 | #2,112 | 47 |
| 1978 | #1,653 | 64 |
| 1977 | #1,801 | 56 |
| 1976 | #2,099 | 41 |
| 1975 | #1,481 | 69 |
| 1974 | #1,369 | 75 |
| 1973 | #1,074 | 107 |
| 1972 | #946 | 129 |
| 1971 | #812 | 171 |
| 1970 | #744 | 198 |
| 1969 | #731 | 191 |
| 1968 | #794 | 159 |
| 1967 | #770 | 163 |
| 1966 | #823 | 146 |
| 1965 | #685 | 207 |
| 1964 | #612 | 267 |
| 1963 | #594 | 281 |
| 1962 | #533 | 337 |
| 1961 | #489 | 397 |
| 1960 | #451 | 470 |
| 1959 | #415 | 516 |
| 1958 | #370 | 608 |
| 1957 | #387 | 557 |
| 1956 | #361 | 587 |
| 1955 | #307 | 782 |
| 1954 | #274 | 948 |
| 1953 | #286 | 835 |
| 1952 | #286 | 810 |
| 1951 | #281 | 789 |
| 1950 | #308 | 634 |
| 1949 | #324 | 574 |
| 1948 | #337 | 536 |
| 1947 | #363 | 489 |
| 1946 | #372 | 414 |
| 1945 | #399 | 315 |
| 1944 | #421 | 291 |
| 1943 | #465 | 254 |
| 1942 | #491 | 229 |
| 1941 | #624 | 129 |
| 1940 | #780 | 82 |
| 1939 | #1,179 | 38 |
| 1938 | #1,703 | 21 |
| 1937 | #2,196 | 14 |
| 1936 | #2,386 | 12 |
| 1935 | #2,206 | 14 |
| 1934 | #2,741 | 10 |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 |
| 1932 | #2,130 | 15 |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,859 | 11 |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 |
| 1923 | — | |
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| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 |
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| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Kathie! It came in at #3,869, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1919–1923, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Kathie is popular in 1974
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Wisconsin#414 · 1 in 3,923
- Ohio#809 · 1 in 10,017
- Pennsylvania#846 · 1 in 11,141
- New York#979 · 1 in 10,315
- California#1,502 · 1 in 19,517
Best ever in a state: #109 in Utah, 1949.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | #414 | 7 | 1 in 3,923 |
| Ohio | #809 | 7 | 1 in 10,017 |
| Pennsylvania | #846 | 6 | 1 in 11,141 |
| New York | #979 | 10 | 1 in 10,315 |
| California | #1,502 | 7 | 1 in 19,517 |
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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 Kathie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
- Biggest jump: 399 spots in 1940 (#1,179 → #780)
- Biggest drop: 138 spots in 1966 (#685 → #823)
- Debuted 1918
- Peaked 1954 at #274 (948 births)
- Births halved by 1960, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1940–1972
- Highest: 1 in 2,048 girls born in 1954 were named Kathie (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 230,936 girls born in 2020 (0.00%)
- 46.8% of all girls named Kathie (7,066) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 7 | #3,869 (1918) | #3,869 |
| 1920s | 38 | #2,859 (1927) | #3,817 |
| 1930s | 144 | #1,179 (1939) | #2,549 |
| 1940s | 3,313 | #324 (1949) | #458 |
| 1950s | 7,066 | #274 (1954) | #328 |
| 1960s | 2,618 | #451 (1960) | #648 |
| 1970s | 957 | #744 (1970) | #1,409 |
| 1980s | 368 | #2,128 (1980) | #2,700 |
| 1990s | 330 | #2,733 (1997) | #3,635 |
| 2000s | 172 | #4,185 (2000) | #7,249 |
| 2010s | 66 | #7,840 (2017) | #12,496 |
| 2020s | 7 | #12,142 (2020) | #12,142 |
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.
Kathie in 1974
Top girls' names in 1974
More about 1974
girls
1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 19,567 of them was named Kathie, which outranked 86.6% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,364Lani76
- #1,364Shayne76
- #1,364Sophie76
- #1,369Kathie75
- #1,369Abbie75
- #1,369Apryl75
- #1,369Catharine75
- #1,386Asia74
- #1,386Dacia74
- #1,386Delana74
Tied with 16 names at #1,369; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.