Katie

What Katie means

Diminutive of Catherine, possibly meaning “each of the two”

diminutive of the female given name Catherine || Borrowed from French Catherine, from Ancient Greek Αἰκατερίνη (Aikaterínē), *Ἑκατερίνη (*Hekaterínē), of debated meaning, possibly from ἑκάτερος (hekáteros, “each of the two”), or from the name of the goddess Hecate.

Source: Wiktionary, “Katie” (revision 94540731) and “Catherine” (revision 93813067), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Katie?

US: Falling: down from #307 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #99 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1986, when 8,333 girls got the name (#38 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 3,596 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 4,293 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 484 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MS (1.12 per 1,000 girls), PA (1.03 per 1,000 girls), KS (0.85 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Katie is #646 in the US and #650 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Katie were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kodie54 US
• Kadie13 US · 7 E&W
• Kattie7 US
• Catie6 US
• Kadia5 US
• Cadie5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Catie
• Caty
• Katy

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Katie

Girls

• Andrea#235Feminine form of Andreas, meaning “manly”^*
• Samantha#151“listener”^*
• Ashley#164“ash tree + wood, clearing”^*
• Jasmine#206Editor’s note Down from #110 in 2015 to #206 in 2025 in the US
• Katherine#186Variant of Catherine, possibly meaning “each of the two”^*
• Alexandra#237“to defend + man”^*

For a brother

• Joshua#66“to save”^*
• Jonathan#89“God has given”^*
• Justin#233“just”^*
• Daniel#22“God is my judge”^*
• Andrew#73“manly”^*
• Christopher#68“carrier of Christ”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Katie’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.