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Kathy

Girls' name · Mid-century

Living in the US
~282,700 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#3,249 among girls
Births in 2025
48 334,870 since 1880
Typical age
66 years, median

Kathy popularity over time

Kathy rank by birth year, 1910–2025Kathy ranked #2,398 in 1910 and #3,249 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #14, in 1958.#100#1,000#3,249best #14 in 1958192019401960198020002020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1910–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Kathy in 1958 than in any other year — 23,983 of them. 1910 is the earliest year with at least five recorded births. It has held a top-100 place in 26 separate years.

In 2025 it ranked #3,249 with 48 births. Compared with 2015, births are down 62%. Year on year the rank dropped by 555.

Babies named Kathy per yearPeaks at 23,983 births in 1958.23,983 in 19580192019401960198020002020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Kathy?

Roughly 282,700 Kathys are alive in the US right now. That is out of 334,870 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Kathy?

Half of living Kathys are older than 66, half younger. The 1950s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Kathy a mid-century name.

Your Kathy

Ages of living people named KathyHalf of living Kathys are older than 66 and half younger.median 66020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Kathy is most common

Kathy is 2.2× as common in California as it is nationally.

Where Kathy is used more than average1 states use the name Kathy more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 2.2× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Kathy is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
California 202 2.2×

Kathy in England and Wales

ONS recorded 3 births named Kathy in 2025, ranking it #5,927.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Notable people named Kathy

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Kathy Hochul 57th governor of state New York since 2021 1958 39
Kathy Acker American novelist, playwright, essayist, and poet 1947–1997 39
Kathy Baker American actress 1950 38
Kathy Reichs American writer and forensic anthropologist 1948 32
Kathy Najimy American actress 1957 30
Kathy Hilton American actress and television personality 1959 26
Kathy Kirby British singer 1938–2011 26
Kathy Jordan US tennis player 1959 24
Photo credits (7)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 365 in 1939 to 604 in 1940 — 1.7 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Kathy

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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