Kate
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning pure; a form of katherine.
How Kate has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #222 |
| 2016 | #233 |
| 2017 | #274 |
| 2018 | #285 |
| 2019 | #324 |
| 2020 | #411 |
| 2021 | #414 |
| 2022 | #452 |
| 2023 | #478 |
| 2024 | #535 |
| 2025 | #522 |
Kate by the numbers
In 2025, 31 babies in England and Wales were named Kate. In the US, 1,162 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 2,550 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
At its height, in 1880, about 1 in 330 American girls born that year was called Kate.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kate. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Katiepure; a diminutive of Katherine770 in the US (2017)
- Katypure; a diminutive of Katherine113 in the US (2017)
- Kalethe sea, ocean61 in the US (2017)
- Kateypure; a form of Katherine12 in the US (2017)
- Katipure; a form of Katherine11 in the US (2017)
- Kaytepure; a form of katharsis or katherine7 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Kate
Names that are said the same way as Kate, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean purity
Like Kate, each of these has purity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Kate
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