How Many People Are Named Katie?
people named Katie are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,748 people in the US has this name
Based on 241,784 babies named Katie in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
8,371 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of KATE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Katie in English. Counting Katie and these spellings together, about 216,654 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Katie (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Katie alive today is about 36 years old, and 63% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 27 and 43 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Katie first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1986, to 8,371 babies. In 2025, 447 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Katie never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #38, in 1986 to 1987, and it was in the top 100 in 42 years between 1880 and 2005. In 2025 it ranked #646.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #646 |
| Best rank | #38 (1986 to 1987) |
| Years in the top 100 | 42 (1880 to 2005) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #41 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Katie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Katie were born in California than in any other state: about 17,907 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Katie was given 2.3 times as often in Mississippi, 2 times in Alabama and 1.8 times in Idaho.
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