Meaning and history
Kate is a short form of Katherine and is often used as an independent name. In Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew (1593), it is short for Katherina, and the name has been used in England since the Middle Ages. A well-known bearer is the British actress Kate Winslet (1975–).
20062006: 2,441 births, rank #142
2007: 2,550 births, rank #136
2008: 2,421 births, rank #139
2009: 1,989 births, rank #159
2010: 1,490 births, rank #208
20112011: 1,791 births, rank #175
2012: 1,643 births, rank #192
2013: 1,738 births, rank #185
2014: 1,620 births, rank #208
2015: 1,477 births, rank #222
20162016: 1,389 births, rank #234
2017: 1,170 births, rank #274
2018: 1,163 births, rank #285
2019: 989 births, rank #323
2020: 765 births, rank #411
20212021: 758 births, rank #414
2022: 695 births, rank #456
2023: 640 births, rank #478
2024: 572 births, rank #533
20252025: 576 births, rank #520
Kate rose from #533 to #522 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2007, with 2,550 births.