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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Katy” in the USA?

Number of people named “Katy” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Katy” by birth year

This chart shows how “Katy” 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 7 0.000034742 7 100%
1882 5 0.00002257 5 100%
1884 5 0.000020537 5 100%
1885 7 0.000029063 7 100%
1886 6 0.0000235 6 100%
1887 10 0.000040422 10 100%
1888 8 0.000026714 8 100%
1889 6 0.000020765 6 100%
1890 13 0.000043132 13 100%
1891 10 0.000034883 10 100%
1892 8 0.000023925 8 100%
1893 14 0.000043047 14 100%
1894 12 0.000035431 12 100%
1895 17 0.00004843 17 100%
1896 10 0.000027973 10 100%
1897 15 0.000043233 15 100%
1898 7 0.000018351 7 100%
1899 17 0.000050113 17 100%
1900 17 0.000037756 17 100%
1901 16 0.000046268 16 100%
1902 24 0.000062058 24 100%
1903 13 0.000034103 13 100%
1904 15 0.000037176 15 100%
1905 15 0.000035384 15 100%
1906 17 0.000039678 17 100%
1907 24 0.00005157 24 100%
1908 20 0.000040929 20 100%
1909 23 0.00004499 23 100%
1910 16 0.000027086 16 100%
1911 18 0.000027938 18 100%
1912 13 0.000013157 13 100%
1913 28 0.000024624 28 100%
1914 40 0.000028242 40 100%
1915 41 0.000022375 41 100%
1916 44 0.000022746 44 100%
1917 45 0.000022424 45 100%
1918 45 0.000020727 45 100%
1919 66 0.000031276 66 100%
1920 57 0.000025192 57 100%
1921 41 0.000017563 41 100%
1922 51 0.000022279 51 100%
1923 65 0.00002823 65 100%
1924 60 0.000025193 60 100%
1925 65 0.000027858 65 100%
1926 43 0.000018729 43 100%
1927 47 0.000020264 47 100%
1928 52 0.000022999 52 100%
1929 57 0.000026002 57 100%
1930 42 0.000018891 42 100%
1931 49 0.000023285 49 100%
1932 42 0.000019893 42 100%
1933 46 0.000023006 46 100%
1934 48 0.000023112 48 100%
1935 57 0.000027274 57 100%
1936 66 0.000031768 66 100%
1937 59 0.000027691 59 100%
1938 57 0.000025762 57 100%
1939 77 0.000034945 77 100%
1940 81 0.000035176 81 100%
1941 80 0.000032835 80 100%
1942 66 0.00002416 66 100%
1943 69 0.000024446 69 100%
1944 68 0.000025278 68 100%
1945 55 0.000020732 55 100%
1946 75 0.000023472 75 100%
1947 76 0.000021098 76 100%
1948 76 0.000022013 76 100%
1949 60 0.000017218 60 100%
1950 76 0.000021693 76 100%
1951 69 0.000018731 69 100%
1952 60 0.000015798 60 100%
1953 63 0.000016348 63 100%
1954 76 0.000019092 76 100%
1955 66 0.000016438 66 100%
1956 82 0.000019888 82 100%
1957 117 0.000027843 117 100%
1958 146 0.000035318 146 100%
1959 180 0.00004329 180 100%
1960 185 0.000044537 185 100%
1961 172 0.000041523 172 100%
1962 190 0.000047084 190 100%
1963 157 0.000039664 157 100%
1964 160 0.000041156 160 100%
1965 140 0.000038616 140 100%
1966 110 0.000031649 110 100%
1967 90 0.00002651 90 100%
1968 109 0.000032264 109 100%
1969 132 0.000037982 132 100%
1970 165 0.000045751 165 100%
1971 153 0.000044576 153 100%
1972 147 0.000046771 147 100%
1973 164 0.000054361 164 100%
1974 194 0.000063816 194 100%
1975 207 0.000068557 207 100%
1976 219 0.000072175 219 100%
1977 323 0.000101684 323 100%
1978 440 0.000138632 440 100%
1979 461 0.000138563 461 100%
1980 508 0.000147481 503 5 98%
1981 577 0.000166793 577 100%
1982 564 0.000160777 564 100%
1983 561 0.000161982 561 100%
1984 566 0.000162236 566 100%
1985 654 0.000183239 654 100%
1986 655 0.00018414 655 100%
1987 674 0.000186931 674 100%
1988 588 0.000159132 588 100%
1989 584 0.000151907 584 100%
1990 469 0.00011866 469 100%
1991 430 0.00011039 430 100%
1992 458 0.000119231 458 100%
1993 397 0.000105297 397 100%
1994 349 0.000093876 349 100%
1995 328 0.000089565 328 100%
1996 274 0.000075126 274 100%
1997 279 0.00007695 279 100%
1998 257 0.000069871 257 100%
1999 243 0.000065785 243 100%
2000 220 0.000058203 220 100%
2001 218 0.000058236 218 100%
2002 240 0.0000642 240 100%
2003 233 0.000061278 233 100%
2004 240 0.000062812 240 100%
2005 226 0.00005878 226 100%
2006 210 0.000053081 210 100%
2007 217 0.000054281 217 100%
2008 214 0.000054444 214 100%
2009 194 0.000050783 194 100%
2010 185 0.000050058 185 100%
2011 201 0.000054951 201 100%
2012 165 0.000045114 165 100%
2013 160 0.000043888 160 100%
2014 184 0.000049644 184 100%
2015 143 0.000038639 143 100%
2016 133 0.000036253 133 100%
2017 116 0.000032437 116 100%
2018 113 0.00003214 113 100%
2019 91 0.000026218 91 100%
2020 82 0.000024547 82 100%
2021 87 0.000025679 87 100%
2022 85 0.000025125 85 100%
2023 89 0.000026879 89 100%
2024 73 0.000021932 73 100%

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