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.

Kathy

#120 most common girls' name of all time · #225 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1910–2025

Rank among girls
#120
Rank overall
#225 of 105,966
First appeared
1910
Years on the list
113 of 146
All-time
334,870
Since 2016
839
Peak year
1958 #14
Best rank
#14 1958
Girls Boys peak 23,983/yr
192019401960198020002020

Kathy first appears in 1910. 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
2025 48 — 48 #3,256
2024 64 — 64 #2,700
2023 60 — 60 #2,829
2022 75 — 75 #2,430
2021 72 — 72 #2,465
2020 83 — 83 #2,176
2019 76 — 76 #2,362
2018 91 — 91 #2,101
2017 111 — 111 #1,846
2016 159 — 159 #1,451
2015 126 — 126 #1,688
2014 142 — 142 #1,537
2013 139 — 139 #1,558
2012 176 — 176 #1,338
2011 171 — 171 #1,348
2010 190 — 190 #1,260
2009 204 — 204 #1,220
2008 268 — 268 #991
2007 294 — 294 #921
2006 294 — 294 #903
2005 286 — 286 #883
2004 283 — 283 #869
2003 308 — 308 #803
2002 362 — 362 #694
2001 343 — 343 #715
2000 379 — 379 #652
1999 361 — 361 #647
1998 386 — 386 #618
1997 389 — 389 #591
1996 445 — 445 #530
1995 409 — 409 #564
1994 455 — 455 #539
1993 444 — 444 #539
1992 474 — 474 #507
1991 472 — 472 #503
1990 477 — 477 #505
1989 469 — 469 #502
1988 522 5 527 #435
1987 517 — 517 #433
1986 572 — 572 #397
1985 617 — 617 #370
1984 670 5 675 #343
1983 765 5 770 #303
1982 879 7 886 #278
1981 956 — 956 #258
1980 1,010 7 1,017 #255
1979 1,112 5 1,117 #234
1978 1,134 5 1,139 #221
1977 1,406 — 1,406 #190
1976 1,382 6 1,388 #186
1975 1,689 12 1,701 #160
1974 1,920 7 1,927 #146
1973 2,371 12 2,383 #124
1972 3,032 12 3,044 #108
1971 3,863 17 3,880 #91
1970 4,797 12 4,809 #77
1969 4,751 14 4,765 #77
1968 4,677 12 4,689 #76
1967 5,406 20 5,426 #64
1966 6,319 13 6,332 #59
1965 7,762 21 7,783 #54
1964 10,377 24 10,401 #39
1963 12,215 27 12,242 #34
1962 14,757 32 14,789 #27
1961 16,385 43 16,428 #25
1960 18,478 42 18,520 #21
1959 21,814 39 21,853 #15
1958 23,938 45 23,983 #14
1957 20,237 50 20,287 #20
1956 17,177 25 17,202 #20
1955 15,324 32 15,356 #22
1954 14,175 20 14,195 #23
1953 13,400 13 13,413 #23
1952 12,369 26 12,395 #29
1951 10,406 24 10,430 #35
1950 9,090 22 9,112 #38
1949 8,451 15 8,466 #42
1948 6,148 9 6,157 #55
1947 5,697 21 5,718 #64
1946 4,179 9 4,188 #79
1945 2,753 — 2,753 #101
1944 2,417 5 2,422 #110
1943 2,033 11 2,044 #136
1942 1,537 8 1,545 #159
1941 947 — 947 #199
1940 604 — 604 #256
1939 365 — 365 #328
1938 246 — 246 #426
1937 157 — 157 #528
1936 136 — 136 #563
1935 99 — 99 #670
1934 79 — 79 #755
1933 45 — 45 #1,048
1932 58 — 58 #931
1931 40 — 40 #1,146
1930 29 — 29 #1,455
1929 35 — 35 #1,276
1928 18 — 18 #2,075
1927 35 — 35 #1,381
1926 34 — 34 #1,384
1925 9 — 9 #3,516
1924 13 — 13 #2,754
1923 12 — 12 #2,840
1922 17 — 17 #2,271
1921 15 — 15 #2,470
1920 10 — 10 #3,244
1919 11 — 11 #2,942
1918 8 — 8 #3,677
1917 8 — 8 #3,532
1916 8 — 8 #3,434
1915 10 — 10 #2,841
1914 7 — 7 #3,086
1910 5 — 5 #2,741