How Many People Are Named Katy?
people named Katy are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 18,741 people in the US has this name
Based on 20,957 babies named Katy in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
674 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 Katy in English. Counting Katy and these spellings together, about 216,654 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Katy in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Katy alive today is about 38 years old, and 60% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 27 and 46 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Katy first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1987, to 674 babies. In 2025, 64 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Katy has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #351, in 1987. In 2025 it ranked #2,709.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,709 |
| Best rank | #351 (1987) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #388 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Katy alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Katy were born in Texas than in any other state: about 2,832 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Katy was given 2.5 times as often in Texas, 2.4 times in Oklahoma and 1.6 times in Oregon.
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