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How popular is the name Kate?
Births per year, rank history and how many Kates are alive today.
Kate (female), once a common girls' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 31 in 2025, ranked 1079th. The name peaked in 1996, when 1,055 babies were given the name, the 59th most popular that year. Kate fell out of the published rankings after 1914 and returned in 1974, a classic revival pattern. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 59,000 babies have been named Kate in England and Wales since 1904. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Kate is also a common short form of Katherine, so many people called Kate are registered under the longer name.
The Kate you are most likely to meet is around 31 years old. Half of all Kates born in England and Wales are between 30 and 63, and there are at least 39,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 12% chance that at least one of them will be called Kate.
How many babies are named Kate each year?
Where does Kate rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Kate most popular?
Kate peaked in 1996, when 1,055 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Kate?
At least 39,000 people named Kate born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Kate?
Most living Kates are between 30 and 63; the most common age is about 31.
Is Kate becoming more or less popular?
Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.