Katey

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Katey: Recorded since 1993, its highest recorded position is #516, and it was last ranked in 2016.

2registrars recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#516highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2016

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1005
1997	#1015
1998	#995
1999	#1393
2000	#1475
2001	#1870
2002	#1784
2003	#1325
2004	#1383
2005	#1690
2006	#1983
2007	#2085
2008	#3005
2009	#3936
2010	#3156
2011	#5785
2014	#3514
2015	#5730
2016	#4763

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 England and Wales in 19 of the 21 years from 1996 to 2016.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1993–2016 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1005 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2016
Most recently recorded at #4763 among girls in England and Wales, in 2016.
England and Wales · Girls

Katey by decade in England and Wales · 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 Katey in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	74	4 of 10	19
2000sbusiest	110	10 of 10	11
2010s	23	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Katey 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 2 regions, from 1993 to 2016. Highest recorded position: #516 in Republic of Ireland in 1993.

Katey'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
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2085	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1983	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1690	13	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1383	16	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1325	16	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1784	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1870	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1475	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1393	13	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#995	21	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1015	20	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1005	20	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1993 and 2016, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #516, first reached in 1993.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 3 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.

Katelynn · #238, 26y
Katerina · #509, 30y
Katharina · #203, 53y
Katharine · #258, 37y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Jordanna · #516, 21y
Zeta · #516, 18y
Apryl · #517, 19y
Cherelle · #515, 17y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Amee · #516, 14y
Leonna · #516, 13y
Maryanne · #516, 30y
Rianne · #516, 26y

Katey was ranked #516 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1993. 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.

Katey 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 Katey without appearing here.

Katey moved ahead of

Geraldine Compare
In 2013 they stood at #5785 and #4049 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3514 and #4684.
Kristy Compare
In 2013 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3514 and #4684.
Belinda Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5730 and #2945 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #5785.
Vicki Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1015 and #1015 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #995 and #1319.

Moved ahead of Katey

Jesse Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3156 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #1489.
Linnea Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3514 and #4003 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #5730 and #2496.
Cecilie Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3936 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2636.
Karin Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3514 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #5730 and #2705.

Moved the opposite way to Katey

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Katey went from #1005 to #4763 while Ada went from #2683 to #164.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Katey went from #1005 to #4763 while Alma went from #2096 to #529.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Katey went from #1005 to #4763 while Alyssa went from #783 to #198.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Katey went from #1005 to #4763 while Amalie went from #2096 to #703.

Moved the same way as Katey

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Katey went from #1005 to #4763 and Abigail from #21 to #58.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Katey went from #1005 to #4763 and Aimee from #70 to #400.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Katey went from #1005 to #4763 and Aisling from #440 to #1416.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Katey went from #1005 to #4763 and Alex from #161 to #1416.

What's not yet available

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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 2 regions, from 1993 to 2016. Highest recorded position: #516 in Republic of Ireland in 1993. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Katey

Katey at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Katey by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Katey at a glance

Katey by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Katey and the names beside it

Katey moved ahead of

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