NameTides

Kate

Kate was the #520 girls' name in the US in 2025 (576 babies), and #1,079 in England & Wales and #429 in Canada.

Kate as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Kate as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandNorthern IrelandCanadaUSScotlandEngland & Wales
Kate as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#520 (576)#1,079 (31)#474 (6)#191 (9)#52 (94)#429 (73)——
2024#533 (572)#1,302 (25)#541 (5)#134 (15)#47 (106)#423 (72)——
2023#478 (640)#1,108 (30)#749 (3)#126 (16)#38 (123)#327 (91)——
2022#456 (695)#775 (47)#380 (8)#103 (21)#36 (147)#261 (116)——
2021#414 (758)#734 (51)#363 (9)#108 (21)#28 (172)#237 (132)——
2020#411 (765)#771 (47)#313 (11)#71 (30)#23 (189)#220 (135)——
2019#323 (989)#609 (65)#304 (12)#81 (28)#24 (204)#161 (173)——
2018#285 (1,163)#596 (69)#255 (15)#101 (24)#17 (240)#110 (243)——
2017#274 (1,170)#491 (89)#201 (22)#122 (19)#16 (261)#108 (247)——
2016#234 (1,389)#452 (97)#276 (15)#92 (28)#14 (302)#98 (288)——
2015#222 (1,477)#393 (117)#236 (17)#81 (31)#17 (283)#96 (306)——
2014#208 (1,620)#359 (126)#230 (20)#106 (23)#18 (290)#93 (311)——
2013#185 (1,738)#318 (147)#209 (21)#61 (38)#15 (328)#88 (310)——
2012#192 (1,643)#290 (165)#214 (21)#98 (26)#18 (316)#106 (281)——
2011#175 (1,791)#267 (182)#213 (21)#70 (34)#15 (350)#95 (299)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1880 at #79.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,800 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 8,200uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 810common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 220common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Kate is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,900 to 1 in 3,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kate by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #700WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: #193IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #117NDMinnesota: #397MNIllinois: #667ILMichigan: #553MINew York: #585NYMassachusetts: #682MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #258IAIndiana: #542INOhio: #531OHPennsylvania: #813PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #586CAUtah: #162UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: #296NEMissouri: #386MOKentucky: #498KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #704VAMaryland: #651MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #818AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #361KSArkansas: #270ARTennessee: #568TNNorth Carolina: #381NCSouth Carolina: #519SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #212LAMississippi: #441MSAlabama: #391ALGeorgia: #509GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #435TXFlorida: #502FL
Kate (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#41112
Ontario2024#54223

Kate (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KateCanadaGirls#42973
KateEngland & WalesGirls#1,07931
KateIrelandGirls#5294
KateNorthern IrelandGirls#1919
KateNSWGirls—too few
KateScotlandGirls#4746
KateUSGirls#520576
KateUSBoys—too few
KateVICGirls—too few