How rare is the name Kati?

5,037 people in the United States have the first name Kati, about 1 in 59,963. It ranks #3,891 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

KATI

#3,891

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,037
About
1 in 59,963
This common or more
83.2%
Who bears it

Of the 5,037 people named Kati, 86.2% reported their origin as White, 7.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.5% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kati peaked in 1986, when 261 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19532024
Peak year
1986
Births that year
261
In 2024
6 ▼98%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,772 babies have been given the name since 1953. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Kati by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #1,396. The largest share of babies named Kati, 64.6%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1950s#8,12949
1960s#5,342141
1970s#2,773555
1980s#1,3962,094
1990s#2,2011,364
2000s#5,994425
2010s#15,296116
2020s#23,72728
Baby boom 1946–642.4%
Generation X 1965–8016.3%
Millennials 1981–9664.6%
Generation Z 1997–1214.8%
2013 and later1.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Kati is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kati has been most common in Minnesota (2.3×), Iowa (2.1×), and Michigan (1.9×), and least common in North Carolina (0.54×).

2,616 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Kati

1 other first name also has 5,037 people.

#3,891 Gray · 5,037

Either side of Kati

#3,889 Shamar · 5,039#3,891 Gray · 5,037#3,893 Donn · 5,036#3,894 Brea · 5,033

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kati, most common first.

#260 Katie · 215,039#610 Kate · 86,820#1,460 Katy · 23,113#2,266 Katia · 11,440#2,653 Kathi · 8,917#4,288 Kat · 4,432#12,487 Kadi · 996#17,337 Kato · 638

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