Katy

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Katy: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Katy: Recorded since 1982, it reached #111 in 1996, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
79times a registrar ranked it
43years from first to last
#111highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#111
1997	#129
1998	#120
1999	#137
2000	#133
2001	#158
2002	#157
2003	#155
2004	#154
2005	#181
2006	#207
2007	#219
2008	#230
2009	#267
2010	#315
2011	#322
2012	#430
2013	#434
2014	#399
2015	#609
2016	#744
2017	#740
2018	#972
2019	#1063
2020	#2042
2021	#2499
2022	#1849
2023	#3598
2024	#4192

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 30 of the 39 years from 1982 to 2020.

In 2020: #700 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2042 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1982–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1982
First recorded at #399 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1982 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #111 among girls in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Katy appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 30 years beginning in 1982, and has registered 190 births with the name.

Katy across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Katy's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#399 (1982)	#254 (1999)	#700 (2020)	30 of 39	190 (1982–2020)	13 (1990)
England and Wales · Girls	#111 (1996)	#111 (1996)	#4192 (2024)	29 of 29	5,121 (1996–2024)	413 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#204 (1997)	#132 (2001)	#298 (2019)	20 of 23	172 (1997–2019)	15 (2005)

Katy by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Katy in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	31	6 of 10	5
1990sbusiest	75	9 of 10	8
2000s	50	8 of 10	6
2010s	30	6 of 10	5
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Katy appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1982 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #111 in England and Wales in 1996.

Katy's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1849	15	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2042	13	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1063	32	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#972	37	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#740	54	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#744	53	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#609	68	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#399	109	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#434	97	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#430	107	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#322	149	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#315	150	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#267	180	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#230	219	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#219	236	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#207	234	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#181	280	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#154	342	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#155	311	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#157	276	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#158	281	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#133	345	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#137	344	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#120	378	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#129	377	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#111	413	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#298	5	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#361	4	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#278	6	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#255	7	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#297	6	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#189	10	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#283	6	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#190	10	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#228	8	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#268	6	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#170	11	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#133	15	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#183	9	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#173	9	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#162	10	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#132	14	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#198	7	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#141	14	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#213	7	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#204	8	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#700	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#716	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#437	10	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#539	7	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#430	10	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#468	8	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#511	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	6	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#512	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	7	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	11	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	10	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	5	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#451	4	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	6	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#340	8	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#282	12	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	6	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#257	13	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#377	6	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	5	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#422	5	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#414	5	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#399	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1982 and 2024, ranked in 41 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #111, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 413 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 15 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Katrine · #40, 64y
Katriona · #297, 37y
Katya · #787, 27y
Kausar · #2022, 16y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Lyndsey · #112, 36y
Matias · #109, 44y
Liva · #107, 36y
Pascal · #116, 46y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Keelan · #111, 44y
Charley · #115, 31y
Cahir · #105, 29y
Jonatan · #119, 44y

Katy was ranked #111 in England and Wales · Girls in 1996. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Katy and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Katy without appearing here.

Katy moved ahead of

Tina Compare
In 2006 they stood at #689 and #587 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #468 and #842.
Ingrid Compare
In 2010 they stood at #512 and #512 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2011 that had become #437 and #798.
Anita Compare
In 2010 they stood at #539 and #539 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2011 that had become #437 and #695.
Geraldine Compare
In 2006 they stood at #689 and #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #468 and #705.

Moved ahead of Katy

Lorraine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3598 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #2115.
Jenny Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1849 and #2058 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3598 and #1640.
Judith Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1849 and #2178 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3598 and #1640.
Selma Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1849 and #2058 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3598 and #1705.

Moved the opposite way to Katy

Abigail Compare
Between 1982 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Katy went from #399 to #700 while Abigail went from #399 to #64.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1982 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Katy went from #399 to #700 while Alexandra went from #286 to #107.
Brooke Compare
Between 1982 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Katy went from #399 to #700 while Brooke went from #523 to #207.
Caoimhe Compare
Between 1982 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Katy went from #399 to #700 while Caoimhe went from #169 to #27.

Moved the same way as Katy

Alma Compare
Between 1982 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Katy went from #399 to #700 and Alma from #248 to #410.
Aoife Compare
Between 1982 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Katy went from #399 to #700 and Aoife from #14 to #24.
Audrey Compare
Between 1982 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Katy went from #399 to #700 and Audrey from #80 to #495.
Diane Compare
Between 1982 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Katy went from #399 to #700 and Diane from #165 to #834.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1982 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #111 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Katy

Katy at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Katy across 3 official records

Katy by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Katy appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Katy

Katy and the names beside it

Katy moved ahead of

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Katy at a glance

Katy across 3 official records

Katy by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Katy appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Katy

Katy and the names beside it

Katy moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Katy

Moved the opposite way to Katy

Moved the same way as Katy