Kathie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KATH-ee
- Origin
- Greek
Kathie is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “pure (by traditional association)”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kathie mean?
Greek: pet form of Katherine
“pure (by traditional association)”
A pet form of Katherine and Kathleen, in the same family as Kathy and Katie.
Is Kathie a girl's or a boy's name?
Kathie is a girls' name.
How popular is Kathie in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1954, with 948 girls. It first appears in the records in 1918.
Half of all the girls named Kathie in the US since 1880 were born between 1950 and 1961, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kathie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,204 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 29 | #4,180 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 27 | #4,139 |
| 1997 | 45 | #2,730 |
| 1996 | 27 | #3,937 |
| 1995 | 36 | #3,147 |
| 1994 | 28 | #3,785 |
| 1993 | 42 | #2,820 |
| 1992 | 38 | #3,031 |
| 1991 | 40 | #2,880 |
| 1990 | 32 | #3,359 |
| 1989 | 44 | #2,567 |
| 1988 | 30 | #3,220 |
| 1987 | 38 | #2,610 |
| 1986 | 31 | #2,972 |
| 1985 | 28 | #3,169 |
| 1984 | 26 | #3,232 |
| 1983 | 34 | #2,594 |
| 1982 | 47 | #2,150 |
| 1981 | 42 | #2,342 |
| 1980 | 48 | #2,128 |
| 1979 | 47 | #2,112 |
| 1978 | 64 | #1,653 |
| 1977 | 56 | #1,801 |
| 1976 | 41 | #2,099 |
| 1975 | 69 | #1,481 |
| 1974 | 75 | #1,369 |
| 1973 | 107 | #1,074 |
| 1972 | 129 | #946 |
| 1971 | 171 | #812 |
| 1970 | 198 | #744 |
| 1969 | 191 | #731 |
| 1968 | 159 | #794 |
| 1967 | 163 | #770 |
| 1966 | 146 | #823 |
| 1965 | 207 | #685 |
| 1964 | 267 | #612 |
| 1963 | 281 | #594 |
| 1962 | 337 | #533 |
| 1961 | 397 | #489 |
| 1960 | 470 | #451 |
| 1959 | 516 | #415 |
| 1958 | 608 | #370 |
| 1957 | 557 | #387 |
| 1956 | 587 | #361 |
| 1955 | 782 | #307 |
| 1954 | 948 | #274 |
| 1953 | 835 | #286 |
| 1952 | 810 | #286 |
| 1951 | 789 | #281 |
| 1950 | 634 | #308 |
| 1949 | 574 | #324 |
| 1948 | 536 | #337 |
| 1947 | 489 | #363 |
| 1946 | 414 | #372 |
| 1945 | 315 | #399 |
| 1944 | 291 | #421 |
| 1943 | 254 | #465 |
| 1942 | 229 | #491 |
| 1941 | 129 | #624 |
| 1940 | 82 | #780 |
| 1939 | 38 | #1,179 |
| 1938 | 21 | #1,703 |
| 1937 | 14 | #2,196 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,385 |
| 1935 | 14 | #2,205 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,740 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,405 |
| 1932 | 15 | #2,129 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,495 |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,045 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,680 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,858 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
Names like Kathie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Julie, Penny, Leslie, Stephanie, Melanie, Karen, Bonnie, Elaine, Valerie, Michelle, Christine, Katherine
Names related to Kathie
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kathie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kathie, updated 20 October 2026.