Kathie
Kathie is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Kathie Browne (1929-2003), American actress Kathie Conway, American politician Kathie Dello, American science communicator Kathie-Ann Joseph, American surgeon and researcher Kathie Kay (1918-2005), Scottish singer Kathie Lee Gifford, American singer, songwriter, and actress Kathie Nukon, Canadian politician Kathie L.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Kathie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kathie is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Kathie Browne (1929-2003), American actress Kathie Conway, American politician Kathie Dello, American science communicator Kathie-Ann Joseph, American surgeon and researcher Kathie Kay (1918-2005), Scottish singer Kathie Lee Gifford, American singer, songwriter, and actress Kathie Nukon, Canadian politician Kathie L.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Kathie
Kathie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1918, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1954: 948 births, good for #274 nationwide. The 1950s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 47% of all recorded Kathies. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2020 (7 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 15K Kathies have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Kathie
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Names that sound like Kathie
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About the name Kathie
Kathie is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1918 and has accumulated 15K births in the dataset. Kathie's peak popularity came in 1954 when it ranked #274. Use the chart and map above to compare Kathie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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