Kate

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Dutch

Meaning

Kate is a feminine given name. It is often a short form of Katherine, Caitlin, and other names.

From Wikipedia

Kate first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1996 with 1,055 babies (rank #59 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Kate

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Kate yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

9,853
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
1,055
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19961,055#59
1997892#64
1998844#63
1999772#71
2000688#74
2001624#83
2002651#82
2003714#73
2004569#92
2005451#114
2006477#113
2007435#127
2008331#160
2009278#191
2010238#212
2011182#269
2012165#290
2013147#320
2014126#361
2015117#393
201697#452