Katie: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced KAY-tee · 2 syllables

A diminutive of the given name Catherine or any of its variant spellings.

How popular is Katie?

Katie was the #646 name in the US in 2025, given to 447 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 59% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1980.

Babies named Katie in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1980).

Half of US adults named Katie are older than 38; most are between 21 and 66. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Katie have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Katie is pronounced KAY-tee.

Katie was the #646 name in the US in 2025, given to 447 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 59% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1980.

Half of US adults named Katie are older than 38. Most are between 21 and 66.