How Many People Are Named Kitty?
people named Kitty are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 53,395 people in the US has this name
Based on 11,657 babies named Kitty in Social Security records from 1880 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
358 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.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Kitty in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kitty alive today is about 65 years old, and 74% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 59 and 76 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kitty first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1947, to 358 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Kitty has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #355, in 1881.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #355 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #570 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kitty alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kitty were born in California than in any other state: about 536 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kitty was given 3.2 times as often in Virginia, 3 times in West Virginia and 1.8 times in Kentucky.
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