How Many People Are Named Katye?
An estimated 324 people in the United States have the first name Katye. It is predominantly female (99.0%). The average bearer is 36 years old, and Katye peaked in popularity in 1986 with 16 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Katye as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Katye paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
324
About 1 in 1,057,884 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
99.0% confidence
Average Age
36
years old
Peak Year
1986
16 births
Total Registered
483
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Katye
Katye is predominantly female (99.0%), though 5 male births have been registered. It functions as a unisex name for a small percentage of bearers.
Katye as a male name
Ranked #13,075 in 2015
5 male births in 2015
Peak: 2015 (5 births)
Katye as a female name
Ranked #15,911 in 2012
6 female births in 2012
Peak: 1986 (16 births)
Katye: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Katye span from the 1890s to the 2010s, covering 12 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 122 babies were registered. Katye has declined significantly from its peak in the 1980s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Katye by Decade
How has Katye tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Katye by State
Katye + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Katye as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Katye
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Katye: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Katye?
We estimate approximately 324 people named Katye are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,057,884 Americans share this first name.
Is Katye a common name?
Katye is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 80.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 483 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Katye most popular?
Katye reached peak popularity in 1986, when 16 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Katye is approximately 36 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Katye a female name?
Katye is predominantly female. 99.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Katye Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Katye Smith, Katye Johnson, Katye Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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