How Many People Are Named Kitty?
An estimated 5,631 people in the United States have the first name Kitty. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 65 years old, and Kitty peaked in popularity in 1947 with 358 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Kitty 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 Kitty paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
5,631
About 1 in 60,869 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
65
years old
Peak Year
1947
358 births
Total Registered
11,657
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Kitty
Kitty is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 11,657 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Kitty as a female name
Ranked #14,374 in 2024
6 female births in 2024
Peak: 1947 (358 births)
Kitty: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Kitty span from the 1880s to the 2020s, covering 15 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1950s, when 2,553 babies were registered. Kitty has declined significantly from its peak in the 1950s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Kitty by Decade
How has Kitty 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.
Kitty by State
Birth registrations for Kitty span all 32 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, Pennsylvania. The lowest are in New Jersey, Utah, Colorado. On average, about 222 Kittys were registered per state.
Kitty + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Kitty as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Kitty
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Kitty: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Kitty?
We estimate approximately 5,631 people named Kitty 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 60,869 Americans share this first name.
Is Kitty a common name?
Kitty is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 96.8% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 11,657 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Kitty most popular?
Kitty reached peak popularity in 1947, when 358 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Kitty is approximately 65 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Kitty a female name?
Kitty is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Kitty Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Kitty Smith, Kitty Johnson, Kitty 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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