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How popular is the name Katie?
Births per year, rank history and how many Katies are alive today.
Katie (female), once a common girls' name, is now an uncommon choice for new babies in England and Wales, ranked 650th in 2025 with 59 given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 1994, when around 4,800 babies were given the name, the 14th most popular that year. It has declined since 1994; the 2025 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 120,000 babies have been named Katie in England and Wales since 1974. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Katie is one spelling of a name also recorded as Katy; the combined figures below cover every spelling. Common short forms of Katie include Kate and Kitty.
Across all spellings of the name, the Katie you are most likely to meet is around 32 years old. Half of all Katies born in England and Wales are between 24 and 40, and there are at least 130,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 34% chance that at least one of them will be called Katie.
How many babies are named Katie each year?
Includes all spellings: Katie, Katy. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Katie spelling rank?
Where does the Katy spelling rank?
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 Katie most popular?
Katie peaked in 1994, when around 4,800 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Katie?
At least 130,000 people named Katie in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Katie?
Most living Katies are between 24 and 40; the most common age is about 32.
Is Katie becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1994 peak.