# Katie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/katie/  
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 | /ˈkeɪti/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Catie, Caty, Katy, Kati, Katey |
| US babies named this | 241,784 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 499 / 241,285 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 53,212, 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 | 1,676 | 190 |
| 2012 | 1,452 | 219 |
| 2013 | 1,329 | 240 |
| 2014 | 1,171 | 279 |
| 2015 | 1,061 | 307 |
| 2016 | 905 | 362 |
| 2017 | 786 | 399 |
| 2018 | 723 | 443 |
| 2019 | 688 | 453 |
| 2020 | 637 | 480 |
| 2021 | 587 | 525 |
| 2022 | 549 | 556 |
| 2023 | 578 | 526 |
| 2024 | 526 | 577 |
| 2025 | 447 | 646 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 18 | 2,892 |
| 1988 | 15 | 3,442 |
| 1989 | 21 | 2,952 |
| 1990 | 16 | 3,698 |
| 1991 | 14 | 4,128 |
| 1992 | 6 | 7,958 |
| 1993 | 6 | 8,154 |
| 1994 | 7 | 7,368 |
| 1995 | 5 | 9,601 |
| 1998 | 5 | 10,478 |
| 2004 | 9 | 7,880 |
| 2005 | 9 | 7,999 |
| 2007 | 8 | 9,341 |
| 2008 | 5 | 13,594 |
| 2010 | 5 | 13,301 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,105 | 57 |
| 2012 | 914 | 66 |
| 2013 | 705 | 79 |
| 2014 | 701 | 77 |
| 2015 | 565 | 99 |
| 2016 | 426 | 133 |
| 2017 | 331 | 167 |
| 2018 | 281 | 187 |
| 2019 | 240 | 207 |
| 2020 | 150 | 309 |
| 2021 | 147 | 324 |
| 2022 | 113 | 378 |
| 2023 | 77 | 510 |
| 2024 | 71 | 547 |
| 2025 | 59 | 650 |

## People named Katie

- Katie Ledecky, American Olympic swimmer
- Katie Cassidy, American actress and singer (born 1986)
- Katie Melua, English-Georgian singer and songwriter
- Katie Douglas, Canadian actress
- Katie Couric, American journalist, presenter, producer, and author
- Katie Findlay, Canadian actress
- Katie Aselton, American actress
- Katie Leclerc, American actress
- Katie Zacharia, American political spokesperson (born 1984)
- Katie Lowes, American actress
- Katie Boulter, British tennis player (born 1996)
- Katie Zelem, English footballer

## 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.