Kitty

Girl name

Kitty has been given to 11,657 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1947.

Meaning & origin /ˈkɪti/

Clipping of Katherine and related names +&lrm; -y (diminutive suffix)API.

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

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Total babies

11,657

Peak year

1947 (358 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▼ -100%

Gender split

All girls

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

11,716 babies since 1880

12,252 babies since 1924

10,794 babies since 1884

10,369 babies since 1913

10,351 babies since 1930

10,274 babies since 1880

13,112 babies since 1898

10,078 babies since 1898

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