Kathy was a hugely popular girls' name that peaked at #14 in 1958 but is far less common today.
Kathy is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #3,274 for girl births in the United States (and #5,788 across all names), given to 48 babies. Kathy was first reported in SSA data in 1910 and peaked in 1958 (23,938 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | 48 | #3,274 | — |
| 2024 | 64 | 64 | #2,708 | — |
| 2023 | 60 | 60 | #2,834 | — |
| 2022 | 75 | 75 | #2,437 | — |
| 2021 | 72 | 72 | #2,469 | — |
| 2020 | 83 | 83 | #2,183 | — |
| 2019 | 76 | 76 | #2,365 | — |
| 2018 | 91 | 91 | #2,107 | — |
| 2017 | 111 | 111 | #1,849 | — |
| 2016 | 159 | 159 | #1,451 | — |
| 2015 | 126 | 126 | #1,690 | — |
| 2014 | 142 | 142 | #1,539 | — |
| 2013 | 139 | 139 | #1,560 | — |
| 2012 | 176 | 176 | #1,335 | — |
| 2011 | 171 | 171 | #1,352 | — |
| 2010 | 190 | 190 | #1,261 | — |
| 2009 | 204 | 204 | #1,222 | — |
| 2008 | 268 | 268 | #992 | — |
| 2007 | 294 | 294 | #921 | — |
| 2006 | 294 | 294 | #903 | — |
| 2005 | 286 | 286 | #884 | — |
| 2004 | 283 | 283 | #869 | — |
| 2003 | 308 | 308 | #803 | — |
| 2002 | 362 | 362 | #694 | — |
| 2001 | 343 | 343 | #716 | — |
| 2000 | 379 | 379 | #652 | — |
| 1999 | 361 | 361 | #647 | — |
| 1998 | 386 | 391 | #618 | — |
| 1997 | 389 | — | #591 | — |
| 1996 | 445 | — | #530 | — |
| 1995 | 409 | — | #564 | — |
| 1994 | 455 | — | #539 | — |
| 1993 | 444 | — | #540 | — |
| 1992 | 474 | — | #507 | — |
| 1991 | 472 | — | #503 | — |
| 1990 | 477 | — | #504 | — |
| 1989 | 469 | — | #502 | — |
| 1988 | 527 | — | #435 | #7,910 |
| 1987 | 517 | — | #433 | — |
| 1986 | 572 | — | #397 | — |
| 1985 | 617 | — | #370 | — |
| 1984 | 675 | — | #343 | #6,843 |
| 1983 | 770 | — | #303 | #6,785 |
| 1982 | 886 | — | #277 | #5,322 |
| 1981 | 956 | — | #258 | — |
| 1980 | 1,017 | — | #255 | #5,233 |
| 1979 | 1,117 | — | #234 | #6,545 |
| 1978 | 1,139 | — | #221 | #6,298 |
| 1977 | 1,406 | — | #190 | — |
| 1976 | 1,388 | — | #186 | #5,281 |
| 1975 | 1,701 | — | #160 | #3,153 |
| 1974 | 1,927 | — | #146 | #4,398 |
| 1973 | 2,383 | — | #124 | #2,939 |
| 1972 | 3,044 | — | #108 | #2,911 |
| 1971 | 3,880 | — | #91 | #2,326 |
| 1970 | 4,809 | — | #77 | #2,798 |
| 1969 | 4,765 | — | #77 | #2,363 |
| 1968 | 4,689 | — | #76 | #2,510 |
| 1967 | 5,426 | — | #64 | #1,789 |
| 1966 | 6,332 | — | #59 | #2,283 |
| 1965 | 7,783 | — | #54 | #1,753 |
| 1964 | 10,401 | — | #39 | #1,635 |
| 1963 | 12,242 | — | #34 | #1,527 |
| 1962 | 14,789 | — | #27 | #1,396 |
| 1961 | 16,428 | — | #25 | #1,217 |
| 1960 | 18,520 | — | #21 | #1,220 |
| 1959 | 21,853 | — | #15 | #1,257 |
| 1958 | 23,983 | — | #14 | #1,152 |
| 1957 | 20,287 | — | #20 | #1,077 |
| 1956 | 17,202 | — | #20 | #1,590 |
| 1955 | 15,356 | — | #22 | #1,354 |
| 1954 | 14,195 | — | #23 | #1,734 |
| 1953 | 13,413 | — | #23 | #2,238 |
| 1952 | 12,395 | — | #29 | #1,503 |
| 1951 | 10,430 | — | #35 | #1,543 |
| 1950 | 9,112 | — | #38 | #1,591 |
| 1949 | 8,466 | — | #42 | #1,982 |
| 1948 | 6,157 | — | #55 | #2,699 |
| 1947 | 5,718 | — | #64 | #1,678 |
| 1946 | 4,188 | — | #79 | #2,620 |
| 1945 | 2,753 | — | #101 | — |
| 1944 | 2,422 | — | #110 | #3,682 |
| 1943 | 2,044 | — | #136 | #2,341 |
| 1942 | 1,545 | — | #159 | #2,818 |
| 1941 | 947 | — | #199 | — |
| 1940 | 604 | — | #256 | — |
| 1939 | 365 | — | #328 | — |
| 1938 | 246 | — | #426 | — |
| 1937 | 157 | — | #527 | — |
| 1936 | 136 | — | #563 | — |
| 1935 | 99 | — | #671 | — |
| 1934 | 79 | — | #751 | — |
| 1933 | 45 | — | #1,042 | — |
| 1932 | 58 | — | #928 | — |
| 1931 | 40 | — | #1,136 | — |
| 1930 | 29 | — | #1,446 | — |
| 1929 | 35 | — | #1,270 | — |
| 1928 | 18 | — | #2,053 | — |
| 1927 | 35 | — | #1,375 | — |
| 1926 | 34 | — | #1,374 | — |
| 1925 | 9 | — | #3,514 | — |
| 1924 | 13 | — | #2,745 | — |
| 1923 | 12 | — | #2,825 | — |
| 1922 | 17 | — | #2,227 | — |
| 1921 | 15 | — | #2,435 | — |
| 1920 | 10 | — | #3,226 | — |
| 1919 | 11 | — | #2,901 | — |
| 1918 | 8 | — | #3,669 | — |
| 1917 | 8 | — | #3,517 | — |
| 1916 | 8 | — | #3,413 | — |
| 1915 | 10 | — | #2,803 | — |
| 1914 | 7 | — | #3,029 | — |
| 1910 | 5 | — | #2,594 | — |