# Kathi (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kathi/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10,109 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 10,109 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 27 | 3,094 |
| 1984 | 19 | 4,065 |
| 1985 | 21 | 3,914 |
| 1986 | 14 | 5,305 |
| 1987 | 13 | 5,755 |
| 1988 | 10 | 7,390 |
| 1989 | 10 | 7,711 |
| 1990 | 15 | 5,971 |
| 1991 | 7 | 10,817 |
| 1992 | 10 | 8,388 |
| 1993 | 9 | 9,098 |
| 1994 | 6 | 12,555 |
| 1998 | 7 | 11,744 |
| 1999 | 5 | 15,568 |
| 2001 | 5 | 16,615 |

## 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.