Katie
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning pure; a diminutive of Katherine.
How Katie has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #307 |
| 2016 | #362 |
| 2017 | #402 |
| 2018 | #446 |
| 2019 | #453 |
| 2020 | #484 |
| 2021 | #527 |
| 2022 | #559 |
| 2023 | #529 |
| 2024 | #582 |
| 2025 | #646 |
Katie by the numbers
In 2025, 59 babies in England and Wales were named Katie. In the US, 770 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 8,332 babies in 1986, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1985, about 1 in 230 American girls born that year was called Katie.
Other names that come from Katherine
Like Katie, each of these traces back to Katherine: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Katelynpure; a modern variant of Katherine760 in the US (2017)
- Kathrynpure; variant spelling of Katherine744 in the US (2017)
- Kitdiminutive of Christopher or Katherine413 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kaelynpure; a modern variant of Katelyn or Katherine332 in the US (2017)
- Kathleenpure; a form of Katherine310 in the US (2017)
- Katrinavariant of Katherine; pure or unsullied193 in the US (2017)
- Katerinapure; a form of Katherine167 in the US (2017)
- Karipure; a form of Katherine153 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Katie. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Katepure; a form of katherine1,162 in the US (2017)
- Kacievigilant; a modern respelling of Casey110 in the US (2017)
- Katiapure; diminutive form of Katerina94 in the US (2017)
- Kaliebeautiful; a form of Callie38 in the US (2017)
- Kathiepure; a diminutive of Katherine14 in the US (2017)
- Kariepure; a form of Karen or Carey11 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Katie
Names that are said the same way as Katie, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Katypure; a diminutive of Katherine113 in the US (2017)
- Kattypure; a form of katherine13 in the US (2017)
- Katipure; a form of Katherine11 in the US (2017)
- Catiepure; a diminutive of Catherine10 in the US (2017)
- Kaitypure; variant of caitlin or katie6 in the US (2017)
- Kattiepure; a form of Katherine6 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean purity
Like Katie, each of these has purity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Katie
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