Kitty
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KIT-ee
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,416 for girls
Kitty is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “associated with katharos, pure”. In 2025 it ranked 1,416th for girls in the UK (23 babies).
What does Kitty mean?
Greek: pet form of Katherine
“associated with katharos, pure”
Old pet form of Katherine; Kitty Bennet is one of the five sisters in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Kitty a girl's or a boy's name?
Kitty is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kitty in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,416th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 23 about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 64% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 23 girls in the UK were named Kitty, making it the 1,416th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 625th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 292 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 7 years. 2025 had the fewest girls named Kitty since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Kitty in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,362nd in England and Wales.
Kitty in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #1,416 |
| 2024 | 37 | #996 |
| 2023 | 39 | #969 |
| 2022 | 44 | #864 |
| 2021 | 54 | #756 |
| 2020 | 67 | #625 |
| 2019 | 90 | #509 |
| 2018 | 115 | #425 |
| 2017 | 111 | #442 |
| 2016 | 108 | #452 |
| 2015 | 150 | #343 |
| 2014 | 139 | #361 |
| 2013 | 167 | #313 |
| 2012 | 149 | #361 |
| 2011 | 264 | #215 |
| 2010 | 272 | #212 |
| 2009 | 292 | #203 |
| 2008 | 210 | #261 |
| 2007 | 220 | #258 |
| 2006 | 177 | #292 |
| 2005 | 176 | #281 |
| 2004 | 201 | #250 |
| 2003 | 168 | #280 |
| 2002 | 132 | #309 |
| 2001 | 104 | #356 |
| 2000 | 76 | #450 |
| 1999 | 87 | #405 |
| 1998 | 77 | #444 |
| 1997 | 53 | #560 |
| 1996 | 47 | #582 |
How popular is Kitty in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1947, with 358 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kitty in the US since 1880 were born between 1931 and 1960, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kitty in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 26 | #4,309 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,579 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,505 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 23 | #4,387 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 30 | #3,534 |
| 1990 | 21 | #4,518 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,280 |
| 1988 | 29 | #3,301 |
| 1987 | 18 | #4,471 |
| 1986 | 24 | #3,552 |
| 1985 | 23 | #3,620 |
| 1984 | 23 | #3,526 |
| 1983 | 28 | #2,974 |
| 1982 | 27 | #3,171 |
| 1981 | 48 | #2,119 |
| 1980 | 43 | #2,278 |
| 1979 | 54 | #1,917 |
| 1978 | 57 | #1,781 |
| 1977 | 62 | #1,682 |
| 1976 | 42 | #2,060 |
| 1975 | 42 | #2,060 |
| 1974 | 62 | #1,553 |
| 1973 | 65 | #1,458 |
| 1972 | 66 | #1,456 |
| 1971 | 68 | #1,488 |
| 1970 | 84 | #1,285 |
| 1969 | 73 | #1,325 |
| 1968 | 77 | #1,244 |
| 1967 | 88 | #1,119 |
| 1966 | 126 | #897 |
| 1965 | 127 | #887 |
| 1964 | 169 | #804 |
| 1963 | 186 | #755 |
| 1962 | 235 | #664 |
| 1961 | 231 | #682 |
| 1960 | 263 | #620 |
| 1959 | 311 | #552 |
| 1958 | 357 | #511 |
| 1957 | 261 | #604 |
| 1956 | 277 | #562 |
| 1955 | 269 | #551 |
| 1954 | 220 | #610 |
| 1953 | 209 | #610 |
| 1952 | 193 | #638 |
| 1951 | 228 | #559 |
| 1950 | 228 | #546 |
| 1949 | 238 | #537 |
| 1948 | 288 | #471 |
| 1947 | 358 | #430 |
| 1946 | 294 | #453 |
| 1945 | 210 | #506 |
| 1944 | 174 | #550 |
| 1943 | 182 | #558 |
| 1942 | 169 | #568 |
| 1941 | 172 | #534 |
| 1940 | 150 | #565 |
| 1939 | 121 | #614 |
| 1938 | 136 | #593 |
| 1937 | 106 | #662 |
| 1936 | 105 | #644 |
| 1935 | 130 | #561 |
| 1934 | 123 | #587 |
| 1933 | 121 | #585 |
| 1932 | 126 | #584 |
| 1931 | 123 | #596 |
| 1930 | 114 | #646 |
| 1929 | 119 | #634 |
| 1928 | 122 | #639 |
| 1927 | 117 | #664 |
| 1926 | 127 | #637 |
| 1925 | 127 | #651 |
| 1924 | 127 | #660 |
| 1923 | 107 | #705 |
| 1922 | 95 | #750 |
| 1921 | 83 | #804 |
| 1920 | 85 | #786 |
| 1919 | 89 | #743 |
| 1918 | 97 | #727 |
| 1917 | 91 | #735 |
| 1916 | 89 | #721 |
| 1915 | 105 | #644 |
| 1914 | 81 | #642 |
| 1913 | 58 | #678 |
| 1912 | 55 | #673 |
| 1911 | 48 | #617 |
| 1910 | 46 | #620 |
| 1909 | 41 | #608 |
| 1908 | 32 | #678 |
| 1907 | 38 | #601 |
| 1906 | 37 | #578 |
| 1905 | 33 | #609 |
| 1904 | 23 | #727 |
| 1903 | 29 | #607 |
| 1902 | 39 | #509 |
| 1901 | 32 | #538 |
| 1900 | 39 | #543 |
| 1899 | 25 | #616 |
| 1898 | 37 | #510 |
| 1897 | 30 | #537 |
| 1896 | 35 | #499 |
| 1895 | 30 | #538 |
| 1894 | 29 | #535 |
| 1893 | 31 | #487 |
| 1892 | 29 | #503 |
| 1891 | 29 | #475 |
| 1890 | 27 | #499 |
| 1889 | 28 | #468 |
| 1888 | 28 | #470 |
| 1887 | 33 | #372 |
| 1886 | 31 | #387 |
| 1885 | 18 | #500 |
| 1884 | 16 | #520 |
| 1883 | 16 | #480 |
| 1882 | 19 | #418 |
| 1881 | 22 | #346 |
| 1880 | 9 | #580 |
Names like Kitty
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ruby, Dolly, Nancy, Dorothy, Daisy, Polly, Lucy, Georgia, Mary, Betsy, Martha, Betty
Names related to Kitty
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
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, “Kitty: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kitty, updated 20 October 2026.