Kathy

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Kathy: Recorded since 1971, it reached #236 in 1984, and it stood at #5,927 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
54times a registrar ranked it
55years from first to last
#236highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1646
1997	#1287
1998	#2407
1999	#1805
2000	#1995
2002	#2301
2004	#3725
2007	#2895
2008	#2487
2009	#3936
2010	#3533
2011	#5785
2013	#4739
2014	#4684
2016	#3609
2019	#5591
2020	#5493
2025	#5927

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 35 of the 44 years from 1971 to 2014.

In 2014: #876 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4684 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1971–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1971
First recorded at #383 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1971 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1971–2014
Highest recorded position: #236 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1984 (recorded 1971–2014).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #5927 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Kathy appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 35 years beginning in 1971, and has registered 327 births with the name.

Kathy across 2 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.

Kathy'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	#383 (1971)	#236 (1984)	#876 (2014)	35 of 44	327 (1971–2014)	18 (1982)
England and Wales · Girls	#1646 (1996)	#1287 (1997)	#5927 (2025)	18 of 30	111 (1996–2025)	14 (1997)

Kathy 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 Kathy in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	71	8 of 10	9
1980sbusiest	138	10 of 10	14
1990s	80	10 of 10	8
2000s	32	5 of 10	6
2010s	6	2 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 14 births a year.

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

Kathy 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 1971 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #236 in Republic of Ireland in 1984.

Kathy'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
2025	England and Wales	female	#5927	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2487	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2895	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2301	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1995	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1805	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2407	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1287	14	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1646	10	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#358	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#550	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	5	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#315	9	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#284	10	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#392	5	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#293	8	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#496	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#356	7	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	7	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#329	8	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	14	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#269	13	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#338	8	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	6	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	12	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#237	16	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	13	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#250	15	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#283	12	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#236	17	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#280	13	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#248	18	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#299	12	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#322	10	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#261	16	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	5	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#283	12	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#271	12	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#379	6	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	5	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#305	10	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#383	5	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 1971 and 2025, ranked in 45 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #236, first reached in 1984.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1982.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 26 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.

Kathrine · #51, 63y
Kathryn · #30, 74y
Katia · #1195, 30y
Katie · #1, 51y

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.

Gerry · #237, 43y
Catharina · #238, 50y
Corina · #234, 44y
Delia · #234, 50y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Kinga · #236, 51y
Egle · #235, 26y
Gerry · #237, 43y
Alasdair · #234, 31y

Kathy was ranked #236 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1984. 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.

Kathy 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 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kathy without appearing here.

Kathy moved ahead of

Finlay Compare
In 2012 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #4739 and #5742.
Dianne Compare
In 1978 they stood at #428 and #428 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1979 that had become #261 and #523.
Belinda Compare
In 1997 they stood at #496 and #363 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1998 that had become #293 and #498.
Debra Compare
In 1990 they stood at #380 and #336 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1991 that had become #338 and #515.

Moved ahead of Kathy

Eabha Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3609 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #5591 and #2458.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4739 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #1628.
Linnea Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3609 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #5591 and #2643.
Ellinor Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3533 and #4012 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #3185.

Moved the opposite way to Kathy

Alexandra Compare
Between 1971 and 2014 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kathy went from #383 to #876 while Alexandra went from #257 to #83.
Alice Compare
Between 1971 and 2014 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kathy went from #383 to #876 while Alice went from #124 to #59.
Amy Compare
Between 1971 and 2014 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kathy went from #383 to #876 while Amy went from #277 to #30.
Anna Compare
Between 1971 and 2014 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kathy went from #383 to #876 while Anna went from #52 to #16.

Moved the same way as Kathy

Alma Compare
Between 1971 and 2014 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kathy went from #383 to #876 and Alma from #234 to #661.
Audrey Compare
Between 1971 and 2014 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kathy went from #383 to #876 and Audrey from #48 to #494.
Camilla Compare
Between 1971 and 2014 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kathy went from #383 to #876 and Camilla from #417 to #584.
Deirdre Compare
Between 1971 and 2014 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kathy went from #383 to #876 and Deirdre from #10 to #876.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 1971 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #236 in Republic of Ireland in 1984. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Kathy

Kathy at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kathy across 2 official records

Kathy by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Kathy appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Kathy

Kathy and the names beside it

Kathy moved ahead of

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Kathy at a glance

Kathy across 2 official records

Kathy by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Kathy appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Kathy

Kathy and the names beside it

Kathy moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kathy

Moved the opposite way to Kathy

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