Girl name#395 of girl names
Kate
Pronounced K EY1 T (ARPABET)
- 1 syllable
- Peaked 2007
- 145 years in use
How popular is Kate?
Kate is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 87,295 children — the 395th most common girls' name on record.
It is falling away, down 53% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2007, when 2,668 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 1 syllable
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- K EY1 T
- Stress pattern:
- 1
- Syllables:
- 1
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Kate
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Kate
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Kate?
- Kate ranks 395th among girls' names in US records, with 87,295 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 9,937.
- Is Kate a unisex name?
- No. Kate is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Kate most popular?
- 2007, when 2,668 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.