Katie remains a common girls' name (#646 in 2025), down from a peak of #38 in 1986.
Katie is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #646 for girl births in the United States (and #1,270 across all names), given to 447 babies. Katie was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1986 (8,333 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 447 | 447 | #646 | — |
| 2024 | 526 | 526 | #577 | — |
| 2023 | 578 | 578 | #526 | — |
| 2022 | 549 | 549 | #556 | — |
| 2021 | 587 | 587 | #525 | — |
| 2020 | 637 | 637 | #480 | — |
| 2019 | 688 | 688 | #453 | — |
| 2018 | 723 | 723 | #443 | — |
| 2017 | 786 | 786 | #399 | — |
| 2016 | 905 | 905 | #362 | — |
| 2015 | 1,061 | 1,061 | #307 | — |
| 2014 | 1,171 | 1,171 | #279 | — |
| 2013 | 1,329 | 1,329 | #240 | — |
| 2012 | 1,452 | 1,452 | #219 | — |
| 2011 | 1,676 | 1,676 | #190 | — |
| 2010 | 1,913 | 1,913 | #161 | #13,301 |
| 2009 | 2,255 | 2,255 | #143 | — |
| 2008 | 2,688 | 2,688 | #126 | #13,594 |
| 2007 | 3,011 | 3,011 | #114 | #9,341 |
| 2006 | 3,104 | 3,104 | #106 | — |
| 2005 | 3,186 | 3,186 | #99 | #7,999 |
| 2004 | 3,235 | 3,235 | #102 | #7,880 |
| 2003 | 3,219 | 3,219 | #107 | — |
| 2002 | 3,247 | 3,247 | #103 | — |
| 2001 | 3,280 | 3,280 | #99 | — |
| 2000 | 3,413 | 3,413 | #95 | — |
| 1999 | 3,550 | 3,550 | #92 | — |
| 1998 | 3,751 | 3,751 | #88 | #10,478 |
| 1997 | 3,867 | — | #87 | — |
| 1996 | 4,329 | — | #81 | — |
| 1995 | 4,487 | — | #77 | #9,601 |
| 1994 | 4,990 | — | #70 | #7,368 |
| 1993 | 5,462 | — | #63 | #8,154 |
| 1992 | 6,122 | — | #54 | #7,958 |
| 1991 | 6,439 | — | #53 | #4,128 |
| 1990 | 6,530 | — | #53 | #3,698 |
| 1989 | 7,311 | — | #45 | #2,952 |
| 1988 | 7,785 | — | #40 | #3,442 |
| 1987 | 8,215 | — | #38 | #2,892 |
| 1986 | 8,371 | — | #38 | #1,679 |
| 1985 | 8,023 | — | #39 | #2,045 |
| 1984 | 7,200 | — | #44 | #2,131 |
| 1983 | 6,725 | — | #45 | #2,458 |
| 1982 | 6,708 | — | #45 | #2,029 |
| 1981 | 6,623 | — | #44 | #2,241 |
| 1980 | 6,164 | — | #44 | #2,029 |
| 1979 | 4,523 | — | #63 | #3,696 |
| 1978 | 3,433 | — | #90 | #4,791 |
| 1977 | 2,515 | — | #115 | #4,389 |
| 1976 | 1,599 | — | #162 | #5,282 |
| 1975 | 1,301 | — | #194 | #5,904 |
| 1974 | 1,109 | — | #229 | — |
| 1973 | 807 | — | #294 | — |
| 1972 | 773 | — | #313 | — |
| 1971 | 759 | — | #336 | — |
| 1970 | 704 | — | #355 | — |
| 1969 | 618 | — | #374 | — |
| 1968 | 456 | — | #447 | — |
| 1967 | 421 | — | #463 | — |
| 1966 | 452 | — | #442 | — |
| 1965 | 453 | — | #446 | — |
| 1964 | 520 | — | #430 | — |
| 1963 | 545 | — | #412 | — |
| 1962 | 564 | — | #408 | — |
| 1961 | 594 | — | #397 | — |
| 1960 | 593 | — | #388 | — |
| 1959 | 658 | — | #373 | — |
| 1958 | 557 | — | #387 | — |
| 1957 | 512 | — | #410 | — |
| 1956 | 485 | — | #412 | — |
| 1955 | 477 | — | #400 | — |
| 1954 | 502 | — | #383 | — |
| 1953 | 532 | — | #370 | — |
| 1952 | 482 | — | #376 | — |
| 1951 | 547 | — | #339 | — |
| 1950 | 505 | — | #352 | — |
| 1949 | 659 | — | #301 | — |
| 1948 | 622 | — | #306 | — |
| 1947 | 586 | — | #323 | — |
| 1946 | 598 | — | #300 | — |
| 1945 | 583 | — | #289 | #2,875 |
| 1944 | 565 | — | #287 | — |
| 1943 | 636 | — | #279 | — |
| 1942 | 652 | — | #272 | — |
| 1941 | 655 | — | #253 | #3,774 |
| 1940 | 636 | — | #250 | — |
| 1939 | 654 | — | #247 | #3,292 |
| 1938 | 642 | — | #248 | — |
| 1937 | 615 | — | #255 | #2,785 |
| 1936 | 632 | — | #247 | — |
| 1935 | 731 | — | #229 | — |
| 1934 | 719 | — | #237 | #2,661 |
| 1933 | 752 | — | #224 | #3,469 |
| 1932 | 760 | — | #222 | #3,573 |
| 1931 | 752 | — | #220 | — |
| 1930 | 743 | — | #226 | #3,809 |
| 1929 | 764 | — | #222 | #4,290 |
| 1928 | 826 | — | #218 | — |
| 1927 | 896 | — | #214 | #2,620 |
| 1926 | 859 | — | #216 | #3,564 |
| 1925 | 1,013 | — | #202 | #2,849 |
| 1924 | 974 | — | #204 | — |
| 1923 | 958 | — | #206 | #3,654 |
| 1922 | 1,051 | — | #194 | — |
| 1921 | 976 | — | #206 | — |
| 1920 | 1,126 | — | #184 | #4,639 |
| 1919 | 1,073 | — | #183 | — |
| 1918 | 1,013 | — | #195 | — |
| 1917 | 932 | — | #199 | #4,283 |
| 1916 | 935 | — | #191 | — |
| 1915 | 937 | — | #181 | — |
| 1914 | 868 | — | #167 | #2,792 |
| 1913 | 679 | — | #171 | #3,053 |
| 1912 | 732 | — | #149 | — |
| 1911 | 595 | — | #139 | — |
| 1910 | 672 | — | #122 | — |
| 1909 | 534 | — | #133 | — |
| 1908 | 531 | — | #131 | — |
| 1907 | 539 | — | #122 | — |
| 1906 | 498 | — | #125 | — |
| 1905 | 558 | — | #113 | #1,334 |
| 1904 | 494 | — | #120 | — |
| 1903 | 512 | — | #111 | — |
| 1902 | 572 | — | #102 | — |
| 1901 | 453 | — | #116 | — |
| 1900 | 618 | — | #107 | — |
| 1899 | 459 | — | #108 | — |
| 1898 | 580 | — | #104 | — |
| 1897 | 492 | — | #105 | — |
| 1896 | 516 | — | #99 | — |
| 1895 | 536 | — | #100 | — |
| 1894 | 525 | — | #95 | — |
| 1893 | 504 | — | #96 | — |
| 1892 | 568 | — | #86 | #1,166 |
| 1891 | 494 | — | #90 | — |
| 1890 | 509 | — | #87 | — |
| 1889 | 502 | — | #80 | — |
| 1888 | 516 | — | #80 | — |
| 1887 | 440 | — | #77 | — |
| 1886 | 431 | — | #80 | — |
| 1885 | 388 | — | #81 | — |
| 1884 | 360 | — | #83 | — |
| 1883 | 361 | — | #78 | — |
| 1882 | 327 | — | #78 | — |
| 1881 | 279 | — | #83 | — |
| 1880 | 303 | — | #76 | — |