# Kate (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kate/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /keɪt/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 86,076 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 89 / 85,987 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 10,307, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,791 | 175 |
| 2012 | 1,643 | 192 |
| 2013 | 1,738 | 185 |
| 2014 | 1,620 | 208 |
| 2015 | 1,477 | 222 |
| 2016 | 1,389 | 234 |
| 2017 | 1,170 | 274 |
| 2018 | 1,163 | 285 |
| 2019 | 989 | 324 |
| 2020 | 765 | 412 |
| 2021 | 758 | 415 |
| 2022 | 695 | 456 |
| 2023 | 640 | 480 |
| 2024 | 572 | 533 |
| 2025 | 576 | 522 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1902 | 5 | 1,228 |
| 1915 | 5 | 4,113 |
| 1979 | 8 | 4,634 |
| 1980 | 8 | 4,733 |
| 1983 | 5 | 6,784 |
| 1984 | 5 | 6,842 |
| 1985 | 6 | 6,172 |
| 1986 | 11 | 4,005 |
| 1987 | 5 | 7,570 |
| 1989 | 10 | 5,008 |
| 2001 | 7 | 8,767 |
| 2004 | 9 | 7,879 |
| 2005 | 5 | 12,402 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 182 | 267 |
| 2012 | 165 | 290 |
| 2013 | 147 | 318 |
| 2014 | 126 | 359 |
| 2015 | 117 | 393 |
| 2016 | 97 | 452 |
| 2017 | 89 | 491 |
| 2018 | 69 | 596 |
| 2019 | 65 | 609 |
| 2020 | 47 | 771 |
| 2021 | 51 | 734 |
| 2022 | 47 | 775 |
| 2023 | 30 | 1,108 |
| 2024 | 25 | 1,302 |
| 2025 | 31 | 1,079 |

## People named Kate

- Kate Winslet, English actress (born 1975)
- Kate Hudson, American actress and singer (born 1979)
- Kate Mara, American actress (born 1983)
- Kate Chopin, American author (1850–1904)
- Kate Walsh, American actress
- Kate Capshaw, American actress who converted to Judaism
- Kate Mulgrew, American actress
- Kate McKinnon, American actress and comedian (born 1984)
- Mary-Kate Olsen, American businesswoman and actress (born 1986)
- Kate Miller-Heidke, Australian singer
- Kate Nash, British musician
- Kate Jackson, American actress, producer, and director (born 1948)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.