Baby name

Kathy

Girl

Origin of the name

Kathy is a pet form of Katherine.

Short-lived name

1958 was its best year: 23,938 births, or 1 baby in 173. The decline was steep: births are now 99% below the peak. Its rank in 2025: No. 3249. 47% of all babies named Kathy since 1880 were born in the 1950s.

334,131births since 1880

1950sgeneration

No. 14rank at its peak, in 1958

Where babies named Kathy are born

1958

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The darker the blue, the more common Kathy is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Kathy is most common in West Virginia (2 times), Kentucky (1.7) and Iowa (1.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Cathy 170,303
Katy 20,952
Kathi 10,109
Katey 2,359
Kathey 1,600
Kathe 1,077

Names from the same era

Peggy · Anne · Cheryl · Diana · Wanda · Valerie

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