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How popular is “Katie” in the USA?

Number of people named “Katie” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Katie” 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 “Katie” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Katie” by birth year

This chart shows how “Katie” 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 303 0.001503841 303 100%
1881 279 0.001447937 279 100%
1882 327 0.001476078 327 100%
1883 361 0.001664009 361 100%
1884 360 0.001478676 360 100%
1885 388 0.001610934 388 100%
1886 431 0.001688104 431 100%
1887 440 0.001778554 440 100%
1888 516 0.001723021 516 100%
1889 502 0.001737349 502 100%
1890 509 0.00168878 509 100%
1891 494 0.001723218 494 100%
1892 568 0.001698697 563 5 98%
1893 504 0.001549706 504 100%
1894 525 0.00155009 525 100%
1895 536 0.001526979 536 100%
1896 516 0.001443421 516 100%
1897 492 0.001418043 492 100%
1898 580 0.001520494 580 100%
1899 459 0.001353048 459 100%
1900 618 0.001372546 618 100%
1901 453 0.00130996 453 100%
1902 572 0.001479057 572 100%
1903 512 0.001343127 512 100%
1904 494 0.001224333 494 100%
1905 558 0.00131628 553 5 98%
1906 498 0.001162327 498 100%
1907 539 0.001158168 539 100%
1908 531 0.00108667 531 100%
1909 534 0.001044552 534 100%
1910 672 0.001137612 672 100%
1911 595 0.000923514 595 100%
1912 732 0.000740844 732 100%
1913 679 0.000597128 674 5 99%
1914 868 0.000612845 861 7 98%
1915 937 0.000511344 937 100%
1916 935 0.00048335 935 100%
1917 932 0.000464433 927 5 99%
1918 1013 0.000466581 1013 100%
1919 1073 0.000508472 1073 100%
1920 1126 0.000497648 1121 5 99%
1921 976 0.000418076 976 100%
1922 1051 0.000459121 1051 100%
1923 958 0.000416073 951 7 99%
1924 974 0.000408967 974 100%
1925 1013 0.000434149 1003 10 98%
1926 859 0.000374144 852 7 98%
1927 896 0.000386314 885 11 98%
1928 826 0.000365335 826 100%
1929 764 0.000348515 759 5 99%
1930 743 0.00033419 737 6 98%
1931 752 0.000357349 752 100%
1932 760 0.000359969 754 6 98%
1933 752 0.000376104 746 6 98%
1934 719 0.000346203 710 9 97%
1935 731 0.000349777 731 100%
1936 632 0.0003042 632 100%
1937 615 0.000288642 607 8 97%
1938 642 0.00029016 642 100%
1939 654 0.000296808 648 6 98%
1940 636 0.000276199 636 100%
1941 655 0.000268837 650 5 98%
1942 652 0.000238669 652 100%
1943 637 0.000225682 637 100%
1944 564 0.000209659 564 100%
1945 583 0.000219759 576 7 98%
1946 598 0.000187149 598 100%
1947 586 0.000162673 586 100%
1948 622 0.000180158 622 100%
1949 659 0.000189108 659 100%
1950 505 0.000144147 505 100%
1951 547 0.00014849 547 100%
1952 482 0.000126909 482 100%
1953 532 0.000138051 532 100%
1954 502 0.000126108 502 100%
1955 477 0.000118802 477 100%
1956 485 0.000117632 485 100%
1957 512 0.000121843 512 100%
1958 557 0.000134739 557 100%
1959 658 0.000158249 658 100%
1960 592 0.00014252 592 100%
1961 595 0.00014364 595 100%
1962 564 0.000139764 564 100%
1963 545 0.000137689 545 100%
1964 520 0.000133758 520 100%
1965 453 0.00012495 453 100%
1966 452 0.000130047 452 100%
1967 421 0.00012401 421 100%
1968 456 0.000134975 456 100%
1969 618 0.000177825 618 100%
1970 703 0.000194925 703 100%
1971 759 0.000221131 759 100%
1972 773 0.000245944 773 100%
1973 807 0.000267494 807 100%
1974 1109 0.000364803 1109 100%
1975 1301 0.000430881 1296 5 99%
1976 1598 0.000526645 1592 6 99%
1977 2515 0.000791753 2507 8 99%
1978 3433 0.001081645 3426 7 100%
1979 4522 0.001359182 4511 11 100%
1980 6164 0.001789516 6137 27 99%
1981 6623 0.001914508 6600 23 99%
1982 6708 0.001912221 6681 27 99%
1983 6724 0.001941479 6704 20 99%
1984 7199 0.002063487 7174 25 99%
1985 8024 0.00224818 7996 28 99%
1986 8371 0.002353336 8333 38 99%
1987 8214 0.002278114 8196 18 100%
1988 7785 0.002106877 7770 15 100%
1989 7310 0.001901444 7289 21 99%
1990 6530 0.001652128 6514 16 100%
1991 6439 0.001653033 6425 14 100%
1992 6122 0.001593743 6116 6 100%
1993 5461 0.001448434 5455 6 100%
1994 4991 0.001342514 4984 7 100%
1995 4486 0.001224962 4481 5 100%
1996 4328 0.001186665 4328 100%
1997 3866 0.001066262 3866 100%
1998 3751 0.00101979 3746 5 100%
1999 3550 0.000961052 3550 100%
2000 3413 0.000902933 3413 100%
2001 3279 0.000875944 3279 100%
2002 3246 0.000868311 3246 100%
2003 3215 0.000845537 3215 100%
2004 3235 0.000846654 3226 9 99%
2005 3181 0.000827342 3172 9 99%
2006 3102 0.000784088 3102 100%
2007 3009 0.000752686 3001 8 99%
2008 2686 0.000683345 2681 5 100%
2009 2254 0.000590025 2254 100%
2010 1911 0.000517082 1906 5 99%
2011 1676 0.0004582 1676 100%
2012 1452 0.000397007 1452 100%
2013 1325 0.000363445 1325 100%
2014 1171 0.000315942 1171 100%
2015 1060 0.000286416 1060 100%
2016 903 0.000246136 903 100%
2017 786 0.000219787 786 100%
2018 722 0.000205353 722 100%
2019 688 0.000198218 688 100%
2020 635 0.000190087 635 100%
2021 587 0.000173261 587 100%
2022 548 0.00016198 548 100%
2023 576 0.000173955 576 100%
2024 518 0.000155626 518 100%

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