Katty
Katty is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Katty Barry (1909–1982), Irish restaurateur Katty Besnard, singer and guitarist of the Plastiscines Katty Fuentes, Mexican beauty pageant winner Katty García, Ecuadorian theater and television actress Katty Kay, English journalist Katty Kowaleczko, Chilean actress of Polish ancestry Katty Martínez, Mexican footballer Katty Piejos, French…
Meaning & Origin of Katty
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Katty is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Katty Barry (1909–1982), Irish restaurateur Katty Besnard, singer and guitarist of the Plastiscines Katty Fuentes, Mexican beauty pageant winner Katty García, Ecuadorian theater and television actress Katty Kay, English journalist Katty Kowaleczko, Chilean actress of Polish ancestry Katty Martínez, Mexican footballer Katty Piejos, French…
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The Story of Katty
Katty first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1925, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2000: 34 births, good for #3,738 nationwide. About 23% of every Katty on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Katty ranks #8,466 for baby girls with 11 births, holding steady (-4%). All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
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About the name Katty
Katty is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1925 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Katty's peak popularity came in 2000 when it ranked #3,738. Use the chart and map above to compare Katty'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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