How Many People Are Named Kate?
people named Kate are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 4,869 people in the US has this name
Based on 86,076 babies named Kate in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,550 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of KATHERINE, often used independently. It has been used in England since the Middle Ages. This was the name of the woman who Petruchio marries and tries to tame in Shakespeare's comedy 'Taming of the Shrew' (1593). A famous bearer is the British actress Kate Winslet (1975-).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Kate in English. Counting Kate and these spellings together, about 71,956 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Kate (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kate alive today is about 27 years old, and 61% are under 30. Half of them were between 15 and 39 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kate first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2007, to 2,550 babies. In 2025, 576 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kate never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #79, in 1880, and it was in the top 100 for 7 years, 1880 to 1886. In 2025 it ranked #522.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #522 |
| Best rank | #79 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | 7 (1880 to 1886) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #168 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kate alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kate were born in California than in any other state: about 8,257 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kate was given 2.8 times as often in Utah, 2.1 times in Vermont and 2 times in New Hampshire.
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