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How popular is “Kate” in the USA?

Number of people named “Kate” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Kate” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Kate” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Kate” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Kate” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Kate” by birth year

This chart shows how “Kate” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 299 0.001483989 299 100%
1881 267 0.00138566 267 100%
1882 293 0.001322602 293 100%
1883 294 0.001355176 294 100%
1884 344 0.001412957 344 100%
1885 309 0.001282935 309 100%
1886 335 0.0013121 335 100%
1887 331 0.001337958 331 100%
1888 360 0.001202108 360 100%
1889 362 0.001252829 362 100%
1890 352 0.001167879 352 100%
1891 305 0.00106393 305 100%
1892 345 0.001031779 345 100%
1893 323 0.000993165 323 100%
1894 328 0.000968437 328 100%
1895 262 0.000746396 262 100%
1896 303 0.00084759 303 100%
1897 267 0.000769548 267 100%
1898 297 0.000778598 297 100%
1899 219 0.000645572 219 100%
1900 297 0.000659622 297 100%
1901 196 0.000566782 196 100%
1902 218 0.000563696 213 5 95%
1903 202 0.000529906 202 100%
1904 213 0.000527901 213 100%
1905 183 0.000431683 183 100%
1906 196 0.000457462 196 100%
1907 184 0.000395367 184 100%
1908 191 0.000390874 191 100%
1909 183 0.000357964 183 100%
1910 206 0.000348732 206 100%
1911 216 0.000335259 216 100%
1912 260 0.000263141 260 100%
1913 257 0.000226012 257 100%
1914 311 0.000219579 311 100%
1915 344 0.000187729 339 5 97%
1916 318 0.000164391 318 100%
1917 322 0.000160458 322 100%
1918 302 0.000139099 302 100%
1919 309 0.000146429 309 100%
1920 255 0.0001127 255 100%
1921 289 0.000123795 289 100%
1922 234 0.000102221 234 100%
1923 225 0.000097721 225 100%
1924 222 0.000093214 222 100%
1925 173 0.000074144 173 100%
1926 164 0.000071432 164 100%
1927 151 0.000065104 151 100%
1928 131 0.000057941 131 100%
1929 122 0.000055653 122 100%
1930 111 0.000049926 111 100%
1931 99 0.000047045 99 100%
1932 97 0.000045943 97 100%
1933 83 0.000041511 83 100%
1934 94 0.000045262 94 100%
1935 105 0.000050242 105 100%
1936 95 0.000045726 95 100%
1937 81 0.000038016 81 100%
1938 95 0.000042936 95 100%
1939 107 0.00004856 107 100%
1940 94 0.000040822 94 100%
1941 111 0.000045559 111 100%
1942 101 0.000036972 101 100%
1943 102 0.000036137 102 100%
1944 89 0.000033085 89 100%
1945 76 0.000028648 76 100%
1946 89 0.000027853 89 100%
1947 120 0.000033312 120 100%
1948 109 0.000031571 109 100%
1949 111 0.000031853 111 100%
1950 107 0.000030542 107 100%
1951 112 0.000030404 112 100%
1952 101 0.000026593 101 100%
1953 117 0.000030361 117 100%
1954 101 0.000025372 101 100%
1955 121 0.000030136 121 100%
1956 108 0.000026194 108 100%
1957 163 0.00003879 163 100%
1958 156 0.000037737 156 100%
1959 173 0.000041607 173 100%
1960 207 0.000049834 207 100%
1961 220 0.000053111 220 100%
1962 218 0.000054022 218 100%
1963 207 0.000052296 207 100%
1964 211 0.000054275 211 100%
1965 204 0.000056269 204 100%
1966 179 0.000051501 179 100%
1967 172 0.000050664 172 100%
1968 196 0.000058015 196 100%
1969 224 0.000064454 224 100%
1970 294 0.000081519 294 100%
1971 226 0.000065844 226 100%
1972 257 0.000081769 257 100%
1973 275 0.000091154 275 100%
1974 352 0.00011579 352 100%
1975 477 0.000157979 477 100%
1976 530 0.00017467 530 100%
1977 828 0.000260665 828 100%
1978 998 0.000314443 998 100%
1979 1268 0.000381124 1260 8 99%
1980 1337 0.000388154 1329 8 99%
1981 1396 0.000403541 1396 100%
1982 1341 0.000382273 1341 100%
1983 1339 0.000386621 1334 5 99%
1984 1558 0.000446578 1553 5 99%
1985 1497 0.000419432 1491 6 99%
1986 1454 0.000408762 1443 11 98%
1987 1454 0.00040326 1449 5 99%
1988 1153 0.00031204 1153 100%
1989 1090 0.000283526 1080 10 98%
1990 1038 0.00026262 1038 100%
1991 979 0.000251331 979 100%
1992 839 0.000218417 839 100%
1993 785 0.000208207 785 100%
1994 752 0.000202278 752 100%
1995 718 0.000196059 718 100%
1996 811 0.000222363 811 100%
1997 894 0.00024657 894 100%
1998 1139 0.000309662 1139 100%
1999 1400 0.000379007 1400 100%
2000 1397 0.000369586 1397 100%
2001 1633 0.000436236 1626 7 99%
2002 1667 0.000445926 1667 100%
2003 2055 0.00054046 2055 100%
2004 2227 0.000582843 2218 9 99%
2005 2409 0.000626553 2404 5 100%
2006 2441 0.000617008 2441 100%
2007 2550 0.000637869 2550 100%
2008 2421 0.000615926 2421 100%
2009 1989 0.000520657 1989 100%
2010 1490 0.000403167 1490 100%
2011 1791 0.00048964 1791 100%
2012 1643 0.00044923 1643 100%
2013 1738 0.00047673 1738 100%
2014 1620 0.000437085 1620 100%
2015 1477 0.000399091 1477 100%
2016 1389 0.000378608 1389 100%
2017 1170 0.000327163 1170 100%
2018 1163 0.000330783 1163 100%
2019 989 0.000284938 989 100%
2020 765 0.000229002 765 100%
2021 758 0.000223734 758 100%
2022 695 0.000205431 695 100%
2023 640 0.000193284 640 100%
2024 569 0.000170948 569 100%

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