Kate
Rank in 2025
#520
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
576
girls 576
Peak year
1880
299 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
86,076
since 1880
Born a Kate? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Kate was most popular in 1880, when 299 babies recorded as girls got the name (3.3 per 1,000). In 2025, 576 babies were named Kate, ranking #520 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 36%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 576 | 520 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 572 | 533 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 640 | 478 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 695 | 456 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 758 | 414 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 765 | 411 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 989 | 323 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 1,163 | 285 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 1,170 | 274 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 1,389 | 234 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 1,477 | 222 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 1,620 | 208 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 1,738 | 185 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 1,643 | 192 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 1,791 | 175 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 1,490 | 208 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 1,989 | 159 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 2,421 | 139 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 2,550 | 136 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 2,441 | 142 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 2,404 | 141 | 5 | 11472 |
| 2004 | 2,218 | 147 | 9 | 7536 |
| 2003 | 2,055 | 161 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 1,667 | 193 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 1,626 | 200 | 7 | 8339 |
| 2000 | 1,397 | 225 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 1,400 | 229 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 1,139 | 272 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 894 | 323 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 811 | 344 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 718 | 364 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 752 | 351 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 785 | 335 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 839 | 324 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 979 | 288 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 1,038 | 270 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 1,080 | 248 | 10 | 4811 |
| 1988 | 1,153 | 230 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 1,449 | 191 | 5 | 6951 |
| 1986 | 1,442 | 186 | 11 | 3882 |
| 1985 | 1,491 | 179 | 6 | 5785 |
| 1984 | 1,553 | 178 | 5 | 6315 |
| 1983 | 1,333 | 199 | 5 | 6238 |
| 1982 | 1,341 | 202 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 1,397 | 192 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 1,329 | 197 | 8 | 4495 |
| 1979 | 1,260 | 208 | 8 | 4403 |
| 1978 | 998 | 243 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 828 | 290 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 530 | 387 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 477 | 422 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 352 | 500 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 275 | 578 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 257 | 610 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 225 | 682 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 294 | 597 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 224 | 662 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 195 | 694 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 172 | 750 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 179 | 736 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 203 | 690 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 211 | 713 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 207 | 707 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 218 | 698 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 220 | 706 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 208 | 707 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 173 | 773 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 156 | 806 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 163 | 790 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 108 | 969 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 121 | 883 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 101 | 965 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 117 | 867 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 101 | 921 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 112 | 846 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 107 | 855 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 111 | 835 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 109 | 837 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 120 | 791 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 89 | 881 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 76 | 863 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 89 | 808 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 102 | 768 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 101 | 752 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 111 | 669 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 94 | 718 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 107 | 655 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 95 | 705 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 81 | 752 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 95 | 683 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 105 | 635 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 94 | 689 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 83 | 714 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 97 | 688 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 99 | 667 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 111 | 652 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 122 | 621 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 131 | 615 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 151 | 577 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 164 | 547 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 173 | 544 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 222 | 468 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 225 | 458 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 234 | 443 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 289 | 398 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 255 | 415 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 309 | 368 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 302 | 378 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 322 | 350 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 318 | 346 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 339 | 325 | 5 | 3825 |
| 1914 | 311 | 296 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 257 | 297 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 260 | 281 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 216 | 264 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 206 | 270 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 183 | 265 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 191 | 251 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 184 | 254 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 196 | 223 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 183 | 234 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 213 | 207 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 202 | 208 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 213 | 200 | 5 | 1137 |
| 1901 | 196 | 202 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 297 | 180 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 219 | 187 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 297 | 168 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 267 | 167 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 303 | 154 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 262 | 162 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 328 | 133 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 323 | 132 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 345 | 126 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 305 | 127 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 352 | 116 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 362 | 105 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 360 | 107 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 331 | 102 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 335 | 100 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 309 | 96 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 344 | 86 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 294 | 90 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 293 | 87 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 267 | 86 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 299 | 79 | <5 | — |
Free printables
Other spellings
Names like Kate
Names whose popularity rose and fell over the same years.
Where Kate is most popular
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years