Katye · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Katye.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1890

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 55 recorded years as a table

Katye, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1890	26
1905	17
1907	19
1908	21
1909	20
1912	11
1916	11
1919	10
1920	6
1923	4
1924	6
1925	4
1926	5
1927	4
1928	6
1929	4
1931	6
1932	6
1933	10
1934	5
1935	8
1940	6
1943	6
1957	3
1975	5
1976	6
1978	5
1979	7
1981	7
1982	7
1983	8
1984	8
1985	7
1986	9
1987	9
1988	8
1989	8
1990	7
1991	5
1992	7
1993	7
1994	5
1996	4
1997	4
1999	5
2001	5
2002	4
2004	5
2005	4
2006	6
2007	5
2008	4
2009	3
2011	4
2012	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Katye isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Katye

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2012: 6
Rank in 2012: #14,962
How rare: 1 in 293,508 girls
Since 1890: 478

Katye was last recorded in 2012. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1890, at 26 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Katye doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.