# Katy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/katy/  
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 | [ˈkʰeɪ̯ɾi], 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Catie, Caty, Katie |
| US babies named this | 20,957 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 20,952 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 5,126, 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 | 201 | 1,200 |
| 2012 | 165 | 1,401 |
| 2013 | 160 | 1,424 |
| 2014 | 184 | 1,296 |
| 2015 | 143 | 1,547 |
| 2016 | 133 | 1,640 |
| 2017 | 116 | 1,795 |
| 2018 | 113 | 1,804 |
| 2019 | 91 | 2,081 |
| 2020 | 82 | 2,208 |
| 2021 | 87 | 2,164 |
| 2022 | 85 | 2,220 |
| 2023 | 89 | 2,150 |
| 2024 | 73 | 2,476 |
| 2025 | 64 | 2,709 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 5 | 6,762 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 149 | 322 |
| 2012 | 107 | 430 |
| 2013 | 97 | 434 |
| 2014 | 109 | 399 |
| 2015 | 68 | 609 |
| 2016 | 53 | 744 |
| 2017 | 54 | 740 |
| 2018 | 37 | 972 |
| 2019 | 32 | 1,063 |
| 2020 | 13 | 2,042 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2022 | 15 | 1,849 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,598 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

## People named Katy

- Katy Marchant, British cyclist
- Katy Mixon, American actress and model
- Katy O'Brian, American actress, writer and martial artist
- Katy Bødtger, Danish singer
- Katy Gallagher, 6th Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory (born 1970)
- Katy Kurtzman, American actress
- Katy Topuria, Georgian singer
- Katy Steding, American basketball player and coach
- Katy Rose, American singer
- Katy Manning, British actress
- Katy Sexton, British swimmer
- Katy Brand, English actress, comedian and writer

## 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.