Kitty
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 22 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 11,657since 1880
Kitty over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Kitty has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #13,477 | 6 |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 |
| 2014 | #8,053 | 14 |
| 2013 | #7,748 | 15 |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 |
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 |
| 2008 | #8,109 | 15 |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 |
| 2005 | #7,138 | 16 |
| 2004 | #5,377 | 23 |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 |
| 2001 | #6,322 | 17 |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 |
| 1999 | #4,313 | 26 |
| 1998 | #5,583 | 18 |
| 1997 | #4,508 | 23 |
| 1996 | #4,883 | 20 |
| 1995 | #4,677 | 21 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 |
| 1993 | #4,393 | 23 |
| 1992 | #5,718 | 16 |
| 1991 | #3,540 | 30 |
| 1990 | #4,523 | 21 |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 |
| 1988 | #3,306 | 29 |
| 1987 | #4,474 | 18 |
| 1986 | #3,554 | 24 |
| 1985 | #3,621 | 23 |
| 1984 | #3,527 | 23 |
| 1983 | #2,975 | 28 |
| 1982 | #3,172 | 27 |
| 1981 | #2,119 | 48 |
| 1980 | #2,278 | 43 |
| 1979 | #1,917 | 54 |
| 1978 | #1,781 | 57 |
| 1977 | #1,682 | 62 |
| 1976 | #2,060 | 42 |
| 1975 | #2,060 | 42 |
| 1974 | #1,553 | 62 |
| 1973 | #1,458 | 65 |
| 1972 | #1,456 | 66 |
| 1971 | #1,488 | 68 |
| 1970 | #1,285 | 84 |
| 1969 | #1,325 | 73 |
| 1968 | #1,244 | 77 |
| 1967 | #1,119 | 88 |
| 1966 | #897 | 126 |
| 1965 | #887 | 127 |
| 1964 | #804 | 169 |
| 1963 | #755 | 186 |
| 1962 | #664 | 235 |
| 1961 | #682 | 231 |
| 1960 | #620 | 263 |
| 1959 | #552 | 311 |
| 1958 | #511 | 357 |
| 1957 | #605 | 261 |
| 1956 | #563 | 277 |
| 1955 | #552 | 269 |
| 1954 | #611 | 220 |
| 1953 | #611 | 209 |
| 1952 | #639 | 193 |
| 1951 | #560 | 228 |
| 1950 | #547 | 228 |
| 1949 | #538 | 238 |
| 1948 | #472 | 288 |
| 1947 | #430 | 358 |
| 1946 | #453 | 294 |
| 1945 | #506 | 210 |
| 1944 | #550 | 174 |
| 1943 | #558 | 182 |
| 1942 | #568 | 169 |
| 1941 | #534 | 172 |
| 1940 | #565 | 150 |
| 1939 | #614 | 121 |
| 1938 | #593 | 136 |
| 1937 | #662 | 106 |
| 1936 | #644 | 105 |
| 1935 | #561 | 130 |
| 1934 | #587 | 123 |
| 1933 | #585 | 121 |
| 1932 | #584 | 126 |
| 1931 | #596 | 123 |
| 1930 | #646 | 114 |
| 1929 | #634 | 119 |
| 1928 | #639 | 122 |
| 1927 | #664 | 117 |
| 1926 | #637 | 127 |
| 1925 | #651 | 127 |
| 1924 | #660 | 127 |
| 1923 | #705 | 107 |
| 1922 | #750 | 95 |
| 1921 | #804 | 83 |
| 1920 | #786 | 85 |
| 1919 | #743 | 89 |
| 1918 | #727 | 97 |
| 1917 | #735 | 91 |
| 1916 | #721 | 89 |
| 1915 | #644 | 105 |
| 1914 | #642 | 81 |
| 1913 | #678 | 58 |
| 1912 | #673 | 55 |
| 1911 | #617 | 48 |
| 1910 | #620 | 46 |
| 1909 | #608 | 41 |
| 1908 | #678 | 32 |
| 1907 | #601 | 38 |
| 1906 | #578 | 37 |
| 1905 | #609 | 33 |
| 1904 | #727 | 23 |
| 1903 | #607 | 29 |
| 1902 | #509 | 39 |
| 1901 | #538 | 32 |
| 1900 | #543 | 39 |
| 1899 | #616 | 25 |
| 1898 | #510 | 37 |
| 1897 | #537 | 30 |
| 1896 | #499 | 35 |
| 1895 | #538 | 30 |
| 1894 | #535 | 29 |
| 1893 | #487 | 31 |
| 1892 | #503 | 29 |
| 1891 | #475 | 29 |
| 1890 | #499 | 27 |
| 1889 | #468 | 28 |
| 1888 | #470 | 28 |
| 1887 | #372 | 33 |
| 1886 | #387 | 31 |
| 1885 | #500 | 18 |
| 1884 | #520 | 16 |
| 1883 | #480 | 16 |
| 1882 | #418 | 19 |
| 1881 | #346 | 22 |
| 1880 | #580 | 9 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Kitty was already there! It came in at #580, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2021–2022, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Kitty is popular in 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- West Virginia#292 · 1 in 2,102
- Virginia#425 · 1 in 4,016
- Mississippi#448 · 1 in 3,546
- Kentucky#450 · 1 in 4,556
- Wisconsin#452 · 1 in 6,313
Best ever in a state: #162 in West Virginia, 1946.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #292 | 8 | 1 in 2,102 |
| Virginia | #425 | 10 | 1 in 4,016 |
| Mississippi | #448 | 7 | 1 in 3,546 |
| Kentucky | #450 | 7 | 1 in 4,556 |
| Wisconsin | #452 | 7 | 1 in 6,313 |
| Oklahoma | #470 | 5 | 1 in 4,170 |
| Michigan | #476 | 15 | 1 in 5,792 |
| Ohio | #501 | 17 | 1 in 6,132 |
| Indiana | #507 | 8 | 1 in 6,238 |
| Missouri | #566 | 6 | 1 in 7,383 |
| Illinois | #568 | 15 | 1 in 7,108 |
| Georgia | #572 | 7 | 1 in 6,364 |
| North Carolina | #572 | 7 | 1 in 6,968 |
| California | #605 | 28 | 1 in 6,254 |
| Florida | #688 | 6 | 1 in 8,344 |
| Pennsylvania | #844 | 6 | 1 in 18,508 |
| Texas | #963 | 9 | 1 in 12,418 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 234 spots in 1881 (#580 → #346)
- Biggest drop: 222 spots in 1967 (#897 → #1,119)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #346 (22 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 113 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 87 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 87 yrs · run 1880–1966
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,180
- Highest: 1 in 4,180 girls born in 1881 were named Kitty (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 270,032 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 21.9% of all girls named Kitty (2,553) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 220 | #346 (1881) | #454 |
| 1890s | 302 | #475 (1891) | #520 |
| 1900s | 343 | #509 (1902) | #600 |
| 1910s | 759 | #617 (1911) | #680 |
| 1920s | 1,109 | #634 (1929) | #693 |
| 1930s | 1,205 | #561 (1935) | #607 |
| 1940s | 2,235 | #430 (1947) | #517 |
| 1950s | 2,553 | #511 (1958) | #575 |
| 1960s | 1,575 | #620 (1960) | #900 |
| 1970s | 602 | #1,285 (1970) | #1,674 |
| 1980s | 279 | #2,119 (1981) | #3,431 |
| 1990s | 207 | #3,540 (1991) | #5,094 |
| 2000s | 143 | #5,377 (2004) | #8,157 |
| 2010s | 103 | #7,748 (2013) | #10,378 |
| 2020s | 22 | #9,546 (2020) | #12,162 |
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.
Kitty in 1961
girls
#682
231 births · 1 in 8,738 girls
Top girls' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 8,738 of them was named Kitty, which outranked 90.9% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).