Baby name
Kate
Girl
Origin of the name
Kate is a pet form of Katherine.
Classic name
85,987births since 1880
2000sgeneration
No. 136rank at its peak, in 2007
Where babies named Kate are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Kate is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Kate is most common in Utah (3.6 times), New Hampshire (2) and Connecticut (1.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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