How Many People Are Named Kayte?
An estimated 490 people in the United States have the first name Kayte. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 31 years old, and Kayte peaked in popularity in 1988 with 29 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Kayte 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 Kayte paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
490
About 1 in 699,499 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
31
years old
Peak Year
1988
29 births
Total Registered
508
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Kayte
Kayte is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 508 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Kayte as a female name
Ranked #13,390 in 2017
7 female births in 2017
Peak: 1988 (29 births)
Kayte: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Kayte span from the 1970s to the 2010s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 161 babies were registered. Kayte has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Kayte by Decade
How has Kayte 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.
Kayte by State
Kayte + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Kayte as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Kayte
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Kayte: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Kayte?
We estimate approximately 490 people named Kayte 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 699,499 Americans share this first name.
Is Kayte a common name?
Kayte is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 84.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 508 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Kayte most popular?
Kayte reached peak popularity in 1988, when 29 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Kayte is approximately 31 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Kayte a female name?
Kayte is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Kayte Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Kayte Smith, Kayte Johnson, Kayte 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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