Kattie
Respelling of Katie, a pet form of Katherine. The Greek original, Aikaterine, has no settled meaning but was early linked to katharos, meaning pure.
Kattie in 2025
Kattie was given to 7 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 21,007th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 473,620 babies born.
The history of Kattie
Kattie reached its highest point in 1924, when 95 babies were given the name, ranking 1,400th that year. Its best-ever ranking was 826th, in 1905.
Across the 146 years of records since 1880, 5,592 babies have been named Kattie. Half of them were born before 1941, which places the name's centre of gravity with the Silent Generation.
Kattie by decade
| Decade | Babies named Kattie | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 118 | 921 |
| 1890s | 198 | 898 |
| 1900s | 336 | 826 |
| 1910s | 629 | 831 |
| 1920s | 785 | 1,400 |
| 1930s | 651 | 1,436 |
| 1940s | 523 | 1,661 |
| 1950s | 390 | 2,151 |
| 1960s | 198 | 3,413 |
| 1970s | 207 | 3,850 |
| 1980s | 604 | 2,521 |
| 1990s | 499 | 2,923 |
| 2000s | 320 | 6,352 |
| 2010s | 119 | 9,179 |
| 2020s | 15 | 19,537 |
Where Kattie is heading
Kattie has fallen 22% over the past decade, from 9 babies in 2015 to 7 in 2025.
Names like Kattie
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Kattie.