Girl
Katie
As a girl's name, Katie traces back to Greek, where it is understood to mean "Pure". It peaked back in the 1980s and has been gradually easing since. In the current registry, it is a name most people have come across. Few names stick around this long: it shows up across almost the entire twelve-decade span this registry covers.
GreekDiminutive of Katherine
GreekPure
Also spelled: Katy
Births by decade
1900s
5,309
1910s
8,436
1920s
9,442
1930s
6,999
1940s
6,192
1950s
5,256
1960s
5,216
1970s
17,511
1980s
73,098
1990s
49,442
2000s
30,465
2010s
10,205
Peaked in the 1980s · 227,571 total U.S. births since 1900