Kate is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 2007 and has since faded.
Kate is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #522 for girl births in the United States (and #1,053 across all names), given to 576 babies. Kate was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 2007 (2,550 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 576 | 576 | #522 | — |
| 2024 | 572 | 572 | #533 | — |
| 2023 | 640 | 640 | #480 | — |
| 2022 | 695 | 695 | #456 | — |
| 2021 | 758 | 758 | #415 | — |
| 2020 | 765 | 765 | #412 | — |
| 2019 | 989 | 989 | #324 | — |
| 2018 | 1,163 | 1,163 | #285 | — |
| 2017 | 1,170 | 1,170 | #274 | — |
| 2016 | 1,389 | 1,389 | #234 | — |
| 2015 | 1,477 | 1,477 | #222 | — |
| 2014 | 1,620 | 1,620 | #208 | — |
| 2013 | 1,738 | 1,738 | #185 | — |
| 2012 | 1,643 | 1,643 | #192 | — |
| 2011 | 1,791 | 1,791 | #175 | — |
| 2010 | 1,490 | 1,490 | #208 | — |
| 2009 | 1,989 | 1,989 | #159 | — |
| 2008 | 2,421 | 2,427 | #139 | — |
| 2007 | 2,550 | 2,550 | #136 | — |
| 2006 | 2,441 | 2,446 | #142 | — |
| 2005 | 2,409 | 2,409 | #141 | #12,402 |
| 2004 | 2,227 | 2,227 | #147 | #7,879 |
| 2003 | 2,055 | 2,055 | #161 | — |
| 2002 | 1,667 | 1,673 | #193 | — |
| 2001 | 1,633 | 1,633 | #200 | #8,767 |
| 2000 | 1,397 | 1,397 | #225 | — |
| 1999 | 1,400 | 1,400 | #229 | — |
| 1998 | 1,139 | 1,139 | #272 | — |
| 1997 | 894 | — | #323 | — |
| 1996 | 811 | — | #344 | — |
| 1995 | 718 | — | #364 | — |
| 1994 | 752 | — | #351 | — |
| 1993 | 785 | — | #335 | — |
| 1992 | 839 | — | #324 | — |
| 1991 | 979 | — | #288 | — |
| 1990 | 1,038 | — | #270 | — |
| 1989 | 1,090 | — | #249 | #5,008 |
| 1988 | 1,153 | — | #230 | — |
| 1987 | 1,454 | — | #191 | #7,570 |
| 1986 | 1,453 | — | #186 | #4,005 |
| 1985 | 1,497 | — | #179 | #6,172 |
| 1984 | 1,558 | — | #178 | #6,842 |
| 1983 | 1,338 | — | #199 | #6,784 |
| 1982 | 1,341 | — | #202 | — |
| 1981 | 1,397 | — | #192 | — |
| 1980 | 1,337 | — | #197 | #4,733 |
| 1979 | 1,268 | — | #208 | #4,634 |
| 1978 | 998 | — | #243 | — |
| 1977 | 828 | — | #290 | — |
| 1976 | 530 | — | #388 | — |
| 1975 | 477 | — | #423 | — |
| 1974 | 352 | — | #500 | — |
| 1973 | 275 | — | #579 | — |
| 1972 | 257 | — | #611 | — |
| 1971 | 225 | — | #682 | — |
| 1970 | 294 | — | #598 | — |
| 1969 | 224 | — | #663 | — |
| 1968 | 195 | — | #695 | — |
| 1967 | 172 | — | #751 | — |
| 1966 | 179 | — | #738 | — |
| 1965 | 203 | — | #690 | — |
| 1964 | 211 | — | #713 | — |
| 1963 | 207 | — | #707 | — |
| 1962 | 218 | — | #698 | — |
| 1961 | 220 | — | #706 | — |
| 1960 | 208 | — | #708 | — |
| 1959 | 173 | — | #775 | — |
| 1958 | 156 | — | #807 | — |
| 1957 | 163 | — | #791 | — |
| 1956 | 108 | — | #970 | — |
| 1955 | 121 | — | #886 | — |
| 1954 | 101 | — | #966 | — |
| 1953 | 117 | — | #867 | — |
| 1952 | 101 | — | #923 | — |
| 1951 | 112 | — | #848 | — |
| 1950 | 107 | — | #857 | — |
| 1949 | 111 | — | #839 | — |
| 1948 | 109 | — | #839 | — |
| 1947 | 120 | — | #792 | — |
| 1946 | 89 | — | #882 | — |
| 1945 | 76 | — | #864 | — |
| 1944 | 89 | — | #810 | — |
| 1943 | 102 | — | #771 | — |
| 1942 | 101 | — | #755 | — |
| 1941 | 111 | — | #672 | — |
| 1940 | 94 | — | #718 | — |
| 1939 | 107 | — | #656 | — |
| 1938 | 95 | — | #706 | — |
| 1937 | 81 | — | #757 | — |
| 1936 | 95 | — | #685 | — |
| 1935 | 105 | — | #636 | — |
| 1934 | 94 | — | #692 | — |
| 1933 | 83 | — | #715 | — |
| 1932 | 97 | — | #689 | — |
| 1931 | 99 | — | #671 | — |
| 1930 | 111 | — | #652 | — |
| 1929 | 122 | — | #624 | — |
| 1928 | 131 | — | #616 | — |
| 1927 | 151 | — | #578 | — |
| 1926 | 164 | — | #548 | — |
| 1925 | 173 | — | #544 | — |
| 1924 | 222 | — | #468 | — |
| 1923 | 225 | — | #458 | — |
| 1922 | 234 | — | #444 | — |
| 1921 | 289 | — | #398 | — |
| 1920 | 255 | — | #415 | — |
| 1919 | 309 | — | #368 | — |
| 1918 | 302 | — | #378 | — |
| 1917 | 322 | — | #351 | — |
| 1916 | 318 | — | #346 | — |
| 1915 | 344 | — | #326 | #4,113 |
| 1914 | 311 | — | #297 | — |
| 1913 | 257 | — | #298 | — |
| 1912 | 260 | — | #281 | — |
| 1911 | 216 | — | #264 | — |
| 1910 | 206 | — | #271 | — |
| 1909 | 183 | — | #265 | — |
| 1908 | 191 | — | #251 | — |
| 1907 | 184 | — | #255 | — |
| 1906 | 196 | — | #223 | — |
| 1905 | 183 | — | #234 | — |
| 1904 | 213 | — | #207 | — |
| 1903 | 202 | — | #209 | — |
| 1902 | 218 | — | #200 | #1,228 |
| 1901 | 196 | — | #204 | — |
| 1900 | 297 | — | #180 | — |
| 1899 | 219 | — | #188 | — |
| 1898 | 297 | — | #169 | — |
| 1897 | 267 | — | #167 | — |
| 1896 | 303 | — | #154 | — |
| 1895 | 262 | — | #162 | — |
| 1894 | 328 | — | #133 | — |
| 1893 | 323 | — | #132 | — |
| 1892 | 345 | — | #126 | — |
| 1891 | 305 | — | #127 | — |
| 1890 | 352 | — | #116 | — |
| 1889 | 362 | — | #105 | — |
| 1888 | 360 | — | #107 | — |
| 1887 | 331 | — | #102 | — |
| 1886 | 335 | — | #100 | — |
| 1885 | 309 | — | #97 | — |
| 1884 | 344 | — | #87 | — |
| 1883 | 294 | — | #90 | — |
| 1882 | 293 | — | #87 | — |
| 1881 | 267 | — | #86 | — |
| 1880 | 299 | — | #79 | — |