Katy

Girl name

Katy has been given to 20,957 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1987.

Meaning & origin /ˈkeɪti/

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

20,957

Peak year

1987 (674 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▼ -55%

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Katy.

21,051 babies since 1881

21,264 babies since 1913

21,323 babies since 1884

20,096 babies since 1943

20,089 babies since 1961

19,936 babies since 1908

19,906 babies since 1880

22,447 babies since 1943

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