# Kitty (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kitty/  
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 | /ˈkɪti/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 11,657 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 11,657 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,714, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Clipping of Katherine and related names + -y (diminutive suffix).

## 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 | 15 | 8,347 |
| 2009 | 8 | 13,106 |
| 2010 | 11 | 10,155 |
| 2011 | 11 | 10,093 |
| 2012 | 10 | 10,877 |
| 2013 | 15 | 7,989 |
| 2014 | 14 | 8,300 |
| 2015 | 10 | 10,525 |
| 2016 | 7 | 13,660 |
| 2017 | 12 | 9,078 |
| 2018 | 6 | 14,807 |
| 2019 | 7 | 13,159 |
| 2020 | 10 | 9,933 |
| 2023 | 6 | 14,357 |
| 2024 | 6 | 14,422 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 256 | 199 |
| 2012 | 140 | 345 |
| 2013 | 159 | 297 |
| 2014 | 136 | 336 |
| 2015 | 147 | 318 |
| 2016 | 102 | 433 |
| 2017 | 107 | 412 |
| 2018 | 112 | 399 |
| 2019 | 84 | 491 |
| 2020 | 66 | 589 |
| 2021 | 54 | 699 |
| 2022 | 40 | 876 |
| 2023 | 38 | 921 |
| 2024 | 37 | 952 |
| 2025 | 23 | 1,362 |

## People named Kitty

- Kitty Carlisle, American stage and screen actress, singer, and spokesperson for the arts (1910–2007)
- Kitty Wells, American country music singer (1919–2012)
- Kitty Marion, actress and political activist, Militant Suffragette (1871-1944)
- Kitty Kallen, American singer (1921-2016)
- Kitty Joyner, American electrical engineer
- Kitty O'Neil, American racing driver and stuntwoman (1946–2018)
- Kitty Crowther, Belgian children's illustrator and writer (born 1970)
- Kitty Genovese, American murder victim
- Kitty Gordon, British actress (1878–1974)
- Kitty ter Braake, Dutch hurdler and sprinter (1913-1991)
- Kitty Kiernan, fiancée of Michael Collins (1892–1945)
- Kitty Dukakis, American author (1936–2025)

## 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.