Kitty
Kitty is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. Its best rank was 355th, in 1881.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 60.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1947358 births
- Best rank
- #355in 1881
- Since 1880
- 11,657people given the name
The story in the numbers
11,657 girls have been named Kitty in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1947, with 358 births.
The name has all but left use: 6 births in 2024, against 358 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1948, and the 1950s alone account for 22%. It has spent 87 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Kitty | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 220 | |
| 1890s | 302 | |
| 1900s | 343 | |
| 1910s | 759 | |
| 1920s | 1,109 | |
| 1930s | 1,205 | |
| 1940s | 2,234 | |
| 1950s | 2,553 | |
| 1960s | 1,575 | |
| 1970s | 602 | |
| 1980s | 280 | |
| 1990s | 207 | |
| 2000s | 143 | |
| 2010s | 103 | |
| 2020s | 22 |
In 1947, its biggest year
Kitty was the 430th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1947 were Linda, Mary, Patricia, Barbara and Sandra. See all of 1947.
Names that rose and fell with Kitty
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ellenpeak 1951
- Janiepeak 1947
- Pollypeak 1964
- Pattiepeak 1958
- Nanpeak 1947
- Myrapeak 1958
- Drucillapeak 1949
- Drusillapeak 1955
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.