Kitty

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Kitty: Recorded since 1945, it reached #189 in 2009, and it stood at #294 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
99times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#189highest recorded position
22groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#533
1997	#518
1998	#418
1999	#383
2000	#418
2001	#340
2002	#291
2003	#257
2004	#237
2005	#263
2006	#267
2007	#240
2008	#246
2009	#189
2010	#199
2011	#199
2012	#345
2013	#297
2014	#336
2015	#318
2016	#433
2017	#412
2018	#399
2019	#491
2020	#589
2021	#699
2022	#876
2023	#921
2024	#952

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 Norway in 34 of the 64 years from 1945 to 2008.

In 2024: #307 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #952 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #276 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #189 among girls in England and Wales, in 2009 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #294 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Kitty appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 34 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 299 births with the name.

Kitty across 4 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.

Kitty'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
Norway · Girls	#276 (1945)	#195 (1947)	#565 (2008)	34 of 64	299 (1945–2008)	21 (1946)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#534 (1996)	#229 (2020)	#294 (2025)	27 of 30	261 (1996–2025)	19 (2020)
England and Wales · Girls	#533 (1996)	#189 (2009)	#952 (2024)	29 of 29	3,691 (1996–2024)	279 (2009)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#372 (2004)	#282 (2009)	#418 (2022)	9 of 19	34 (2004–2022)	6 (2009)

Kitty by decade in Norway · 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 Kitty in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	85	5 of 10	17
1950s	98	10 of 10	10
1960s	49	7 of 10	7
1970s	34	5 of 10	7
1980s	14	3 of 10	5
2000s	19	4 of 10	5

Across Norway · Girls, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 17 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Kitty 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 4 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #189 in England and Wales in 2009.

Kitty'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	#952	37	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#921	38	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#876	40	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#699	54	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#589	66	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#491	84	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#399	112	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#412	107	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#433	102	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#318	147	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#336	136	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#297	159	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#345	140	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#199	256	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#199	258	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#189	279	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#246	202	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#240	215	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#267	174	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#263	171	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#237	192	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#257	163	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#291	125	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#340	103	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#418	75	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#383	84	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#418	73	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#518	52	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#533	47	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#418	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#434	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#370	4	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#451	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#283	6	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#282	6	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#413	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#372	3	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#565	5	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#553	5	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#625	4	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#543	5	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#616	5	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#645	4	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#579	5	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#513	6	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#381	10	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#545	5	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#528	5	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#411	8	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#466	6	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#424	7	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#352	9	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#518	4	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#345	8	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#344	8	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#376	7	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#463	4	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#338	8	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#275	11	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#285	10	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#231	15	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#350	7	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#286	10	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#368	6	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#279	10	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#214	17	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#217	17	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#222	16	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#195	21	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#197	21	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#276	10	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	14	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#307	13	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#262	15	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#266	16	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#390	10	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#229	19	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#457	8	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#361	12	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#324	13	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#419	10	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#378	12	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#291	17	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	12	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#337	15	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#465	9	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#395	12	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#582	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#501	8	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#705	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	6	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	6	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#620	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	7	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#534	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
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 4 registrars between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 60 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #189, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 279 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

Its record falls into 10 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 59 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.

Kit · #154, 30y
Kitt · #1055, 21y
Kiva · #428, 12y
Kiya · #576, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Milena · #193, 55y
Izabela · #194, 58y
Susanna · #194, 61y
Juliet · #178, 55y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Bernhard · #189, 79y
Josef · #189, 70y
Ansgar · #188, 22y
Eldar · #188, 69y

Kitty was ranked #189 in England and Wales · Girls in 2009. 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.

Kitty 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 Kitty without appearing here.

Kitty moved ahead of

Jude Compare
In 2011 they stood at #502 and #502 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #337 and #907.
Brittany Compare
In 2000 they stood at #418 and #275 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #340 and #871.
Janet Compare
In 2009 they stood at #439 and #439 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #395 and #910.
Sandra Compare
In 2021 they stood at #457 and #421 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2022 that had become #266 and #747.

Moved ahead of Kitty

Emma Compare
In 1977 they stood at #381 and #421 in Norway · Girls; by 1978 that had become #513 and #195.
Sara Compare
In 1963 they stood at #345 and #386 in Norway · Girls; by 1964 that had become #518 and #205.
Hedda Compare
In 1977 they stood at #381 and #495 in Norway · Girls; by 1978 that had become #513 and #207.
Sofia Compare
In 1977 they stood at #381 and #473 in Norway · Girls; by 1978 that had become #513 and #219.

Moved the opposite way to Kitty

Anna Compare
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Girls, Kitty went from #276 to #565 while Anna went from #38 to #10.
Cecilie Compare
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Girls, Kitty went from #276 to #565 while Cecilie went from #359 to #200.
Christine Compare
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Girls, Kitty went from #276 to #565 while Christine went from #253 to #150.
Elise Compare
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Girls, Kitty went from #276 to #565 while Elise went from #223 to #33.

Moved the same way as Kitty

Annie Compare
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Girls, Kitty went from #276 to #565 and Annie from #180 to #335.
Åse Compare
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Girls, Kitty went from #276 to #565 and Åse from #25 to #310.
Astrid Compare
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Girls, Kitty went from #276 to #565 and Astrid from #12 to #65.
Berit Compare
Between 1945 and 2008 in Norway · Girls, Kitty went from #276 to #565 and Berit from #7 to #541.

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 4 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #189 in England and Wales in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kitty

Kitty at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kitty across 4 official records

Kitty by decade in Norway · Girls

Kitty appears in

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Kitty at a glance

Kitty across 4 official records

Kitty by decade in Norway · Girls

Kitty appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

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Kitty and the names beside it

Kitty moved ahead of

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