Kate Girl
How popular is Kate?
#520 girl name in 2025
576 baby girls were named Kate in the US in 2025, making it the 520th most popular girl name.
Kate popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #520 for girls (▲ 13 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 576 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-61% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #222 in 2015, #411 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2007 (2,550 girls) |
| Highest rank | #79 in 1880 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kate counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kate family of names ranked #487 for girls in 2025 (#490 the year before), with 587 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kate | 576 | 98% |
| Cate | 11 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kate is most popular
Babies named Kate per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Utah: 1.7 per 1,000 (144 girls)
- North Dakota: 1.5 per 1,000 (20 girls)
- Louisiana: 1.2 per 1,000 (105 girls)
- South Dakota: 1.2 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- Idaho: 1.1 per 1,000 (36 girls)
Kate by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,194 | #79 |
| 1890s | 3,001 | #116 |
| 1900s | 2,058 | #180 |
| 1910s | 2,840 | #264 |
| 1920s | 1,966 | #398 |
| 1930s | 967 | #635 |
| 1940s | 1,002 | #669 |
| 1950s | 1,259 | #773 |
| 1960s | 2,037 | #662 |
| 1970s | 5,496 | #208 |
| 1980s | 13,568 | #178 |
| 1990s | 9,355 | #229 |
| 2000s | 20,768 | #136 |
| 2010s | 14,470 | #175 |
| 2020s | 4,006 | #411 |
Girl names about as popular as Kate
Questions
- Is Kate a boy or girl name?
- Kate is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kate were girls.
- How popular is the name Kate?
- 576 baby girls were named Kate in the US in 2025, making it the 520th most popular girl name.
- When was Kate most popular?
- Kate peaked in 2007, when 2,550 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #79 in 1880.
- How many people are named Kate?
- 86,076 babies have been named Kate in the US since 1880. We estimate about 70,466 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 24.
- Where is Kate most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kate was most common in Utah, at 1.7 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.