Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kathi

#1,617 most common girls' name of all time · #2,786 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1938–2001

Rank among girls
#1,617
Rank overall
#2,786 of 105,966
First appeared
1938
Years on the list
60 of 146
All-time
10,109
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1958 #326
Best rank
#311 1954
Girls Boys peak 824/yr
1940196019802000

Kathi first appears in 1938. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2001 5 — 5 #15,664
1999 5 — 5 #14,724
1998 7 — 7 #11,329
1994 6 — 6 #12,017
1993 9 — 9 #8,860
1992 10 — 10 #8,197
1991 7 — 7 #10,492
1990 15 — 15 #5,909
1989 10 — 10 #7,573
1988 10 — 10 #7,241
1987 13 — 13 #5,704
1986 14 — 14 #5,266
1985 21 — 21 #3,908
1984 19 — 19 #4,067
1983 27 — 27 #3,090
1982 27 — 27 #3,208
1981 37 — 37 #2,547
1980 35 — 35 #2,675
1979 40 — 40 #2,362
1978 42 — 42 #2,207
1977 45 — 45 #2,105
1976 48 — 48 #1,896
1975 65 — 65 #1,553
1974 69 — 69 #1,454
1973 83 — 83 #1,258
1972 116 — 116 #1,014
1971 151 — 151 #883
1970 171 — 171 #812
1969 183 — 183 #749
1968 157 — 157 #810
1967 184 — 184 #726
1966 166 — 166 #762
1965 255 — 255 #609
1964 330 — 330 #544
1963 370 — 370 #508
1962 457 — 457 #449
1961 536 — 536 #424
1960 681 — 681 #368
1959 756 — 756 #347
1958 824 — 824 #326
1957 624 — 624 #363
1956 402 — 402 #463
1955 398 — 398 #451
1954 740 — 740 #311
1953 438 — 438 #410
1952 275 — 275 #509
1951 247 — 247 #532
1950 159 — 159 #674
1949 119 — 119 #799
1948 147 — 147 #685
1947 142 — 142 #715
1946 117 — 117 #760
1945 75 — 75 #872
1944 59 — 59 #1,028
1943 76 — 76 #897
1942 39 — 39 #1,299
1941 17 — 17 #2,095
1940 14 — 14 #2,296
1939 10 — 10 #2,918
1938 5 — 5 #4,960