Katie
Pronounced K AA1 T AY1 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1986
- 145 years in use
- 4 spellings
How popular is Katie?
Katie is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 278,540 children — the 163rd most common girls' name on record.
It is falling away, down 66% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1986, when 9,478 children were given it.
Four other spellings are counted in that total — Katai, Kahtai, Katy and one more — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Katie and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Katai
- Kahtai
- Katy
- Katye
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- K AA1 T AY1 · K EY1 T IY0
- Stress pattern:
- 11 · 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Katie
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Katie
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Katie?
- Katie ranks 163rd among girls' names in US records, with 278,540 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 8,473.
- Is Katie a unisex name?
- No. Katie is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Katie most popular?
- 1986, when 9,478 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Katie spelled?
- Katai, Kahtai, Katy, Katye. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.