# Kati (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kati/  
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 | 4,772 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 4,772 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 48, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 41 | 3,894 |
| 2009 | 16 | 7,880 |
| 2010 | 20 | 6,506 |
| 2011 | 15 | 7,989 |
| 2012 | 18 | 7,008 |
| 2013 | 14 | 8,348 |
| 2014 | 12 | 9,253 |
| 2015 | 10 | 10,494 |
| 2016 | 8 | 12,314 |
| 2017 | 11 | 9,624 |
| 2018 | 8 | 11,960 |
| 2020 | 5 | 16,304 |
| 2022 | 11 | 9,344 |
| 2023 | 6 | 14,286 |
| 2024 | 6 | 14,345 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4 | 3,126 |
| 1997 | 4 | 3,174 |
| 1998 | 3 | 3,848 |
| 1999 | 5 | 2,770 |
| 2002 | 6 | 2,540 |
| 2003 | 5 | 3,099 |
| 2004 | 5 | 3,197 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,970 |
| 2006 | 6 | 3,116 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |

## People named Kati

- Kati Wilhelm, German cross-country skier and biathlete
- Kati Marton, American writer
- Kati Tolmoff, Estonian badminton player (born 1983)
- Kati Winkler, German ice dancer
- Kati Pulkkinen, Finnish cross-country skier
- Kati Sundqvist, Finnish cross-country skier
- Kati Heck, German artist (born 1979)
- Kati Tabin, Canadian ice hockey player

## 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.