How common is the name Katie?

215,039 people in the United States have the first name Katie, about 1 in 1,405. It ranks #260 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KATIE

#260

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
215,039
About
1 in 1,405
This common or more
46.4%
Who bears it

Of the 215,039 people named Katie, 83.8% reported their origin as White, 6% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.5% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Katie peaked in 1986, when 8,371 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1986
Births that year
8,371
In 2025*
447 ▼95%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 241,784 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Katie by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #94. The largest share of babies named Katie, 43.6%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1880s#1243,907
1890s#1415,183
1900s#1645,309
1910s#3038,436
1920s#3709,443
1930s#4297,000
1940s#5276,192
1950s#7085,257
1960s#7515,216
1970s#31917,523
1980s#9473,125
1990s#15049,527
2000s#24530,638
2010s#57511,704
2020s#1,0843,324
Before 19014%
Greatest Generation 1901–278.7%
Silent Generation 1928–455.1%
Baby boom 1946–644.4%
Generation X 1965–8010.8%
Millennials 1981–9643.6%
Generation Z 1997–1219.4%
2013 and later4.1%

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 Katie is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Katie has been most common in Mississippi (1.9×), Utah (1.8×), and Idaho (1.7×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.26×).

224,051 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.

Either side of Katie

#258 Phillip · 216,746#259 Erica · 215,652#261 Mario · 213,074#262 Wayne · 213,032

Spelled almost the same

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

#610 Kate · 86,820#2,121 Kathie · 12,647#2,266 Katia · 11,440#3,891 Kati · 5,037#6,408 Kadie · 2,509#7,170 Kattie · 2,149#10,021 Kathe · 1,352#17,167 Katee · 647

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