How Many People Are Named Kathy?
people named Kathy are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,240 people in the US has this name
Based on 334,870 babies named Kathy in Social Security records from 1910 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
23,983 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of KATHERINE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Kathy in English. Counting Kathy and these spellings together, about 436,437 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Kathy (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kathy alive today is about 64 years old, and 80% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 61 and 70 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kathy first appears in the records in 1910 and was given most often in 1958, to 23,983 babies. In 2025, 48 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1910 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kathy never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #14, in 1958, and it was in the top 100 for 26 years, 1946 to 1971. In 2025 it ranked #3,274.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,274 |
| Best rank | #14 (1958) |
| Years in the top 100 | 26 (1946 to 1971) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #22 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kathy alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kathy were born in California than in any other state: about 22,603 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kathy was given 1.7 times as often in West Virginia, 1.6 times in Kentucky and 1.5 times in Indiana.
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