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Katie

Gender
Girl
Say it
KAY-tee
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#361 for girls
US rank, 2025
#646 for girls
Style
Big in Scotland, big in Northern Ireland

Katie is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “associated with katharos, pure”. In 2025 it ranked 361st for girls in the UK (132 babies) and 646th for girls in the US (447 babies).

What does Katie mean?

Greek: pet form of Katherine

“associated with katharos, pure”

Pet form of Katherine, now often given as an independent name.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Katie a girl's or a boy's name?

Katie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 132 girls in the UK and 447 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Katie in the UK?

Rank in 2025
361st among girls
Babies in 2025
132 about 1 in 2,100 girls
Five-year trend
Falling fast down 62% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 132 girls in the UK were named Katie, making it the 361st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 198th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 4,624 girls.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 21 years. 2025 had the fewest girls named Katie since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Katie in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 143 girls in the UK were given Katie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #350, up from #361 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 650th in England and Wales, 122nd in Scotland and 52nd in Northern Ireland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1974 (#81), 1984 (#13), 1994 (#14), 2004 (#9) and 2014 (#77).

1996Busiest: 4,624 in 19962025
Katie in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025132#361
2024142#338
2023168#297
2022227#231
2021264#215
2020277#198
2019420#137
2018462#130
2017559#109
2016649#97
2015830#75
2014997#67
20131,017#68
20121,264#52
20111,494#49
20102,012#33
20092,453#24
20082,993#16
20073,241#16
20063,838#10
20053,917#9
20044,516#6
20034,112#9
20023,786#13
20013,728#13
20003,815#15
19993,889#15
19984,503#12
19974,225#16
19964,624#13

How popular is Katie in the US?

Rank in 2025
646th among girls
Babies in 2025
447 about 1 in 3,600 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 24% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 447 girls in the US were named Katie, making it the 646th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 480th. Its busiest year was 1986, with 8,333 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Katie than any year since 1967.

Half of all the girls named Katie in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 537 girls in the US were given Katie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #556, up from #646 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 8,333 in 19862025
Katie in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025447#646
2024526#576
2023578#526
2022549#554
2021587#525
2020637#480
2019688#453
2018723#441
2017786#398
2016905#362
20151,061#307
20141,171#279
20131,329#240
20121,452#219
20111,676#190
20101,908#161
20092,255#143
20082,683#126
20073,003#114
20063,104#106
20053,177#99
20043,226#102
20033,219#107
20023,247#103
20013,280#99
20003,413#95
19993,550#92
19983,746#88
19973,867#87
19964,329#81
19954,482#77
19944,983#70
19935,456#63
19926,116#54
19916,425#53
19906,514#53
19897,290#45
19887,770#40
19878,197#38
19868,333#38
19857,995#39
19847,175#44
19836,705#45
19826,681#45
19816,600#44
19806,137#44
19794,512#63
19783,426#90
19772,507#115
19761,593#162
19751,296#194
19741,109#229
1973807#294
1972773#312
1971759#336
1970704#355
1969618#373
1968456#447
1967421#463
1966452#442
1965453#445
1964520#430
1963545#412
1962564#408
1961594#397
1960593#388
1959658#373
1958557#387
1957512#409
1956485#411
1955477#399
1954502#382
1953532#369
1952482#374
1951547#338
1950505#351
1949659#301
1948622#306
1947586#323
1946598#300
1945576#289
1944565#287
1943636#279
1942652#272
1941650#252
1940636#250
1939648#246
1938642#248
1937607#255
1936632#247
1935731#229
1934710#237
1933746#224
1932754#222
1931752#220
1930737#226
1929759#222
1928826#218
1927885#214
1926852#216
19251,003#202
1924974#204
1923951#206
19221,051#194
1921976#206
19201,121#184
19191,073#183
19181,013#195
1917927#199
1916935#191
1915937#181
1914861#167
1913674#171
1912732#149
1911595#138
1910672#122
1909534#133
1908531#130
1907539#122
1906498#125
1905553#113
1904494#120
1903512#111
1902572#102
1901453#116
1900618#107
1899459#108
1898580#104
1897492#104
1896516#99
1895536#100
1894525#95
1893504#96
1892563#86
1891494#90
1890509#86
1889502#80
1888516#80
1887440#77
1886431#80
1885388#81
1884360#83
1883361#78
1882327#78
1881279#83
1880303#76

Nicknames for Katie

Names like Katie

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Sophie, Chloe, Zoe, Hannah, Ellie, Sarah, Emma, Georgia, Anna, Emily, Lydia, Leah

Other spellings of Katie

Katy, Caiti, Kattie, Catie, Katty

Names related to Katie

Kate, Katia, Kati, Katey, Kaytie, Kayti, Kayte, Kathia, Katiya

More Greek names

Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Iris, Maisie, Lainey

Every Greek name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Katie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/katie, updated 20 October 2026.