How common is Kate really?

Girl Names
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How many do you know/heard of in your area?
I know Kate just ranked #324 in the US now, but Katherine/Catherine and Kaitlyn/Caitlin, which are often used as full names for Kate, are very common names. I love Kate but don’t want my daughter to be one of several Kates in her school/work all her life.

Thanks!

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Only @katkabet!

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Agreed! Only [name_f]Kate[/name_f] on here (@katkabet), although in person I know 3 Katie’s, and a [name_f]Katherine[/name_f] ‘Kate’

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i know 1 [name_f]Kate[/name_f] (but not well enough to know whether or not it’s a nn, also she’s middle aged), but plenty of [name_f]Katie[/name_f] & Katys - about half are full names and half are nicknames.

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I honestly do not know any Kate’s under 10 and also that includes Katherine’s/Catherine’s, [name_f]Caitlin[/name_f] & Katie. Maybe I just live in area where this name and other ‘Kate’ names are just not popular so personally I would find a little girl named [name_f]Kate[/name_f] really refreshing. So I wouldn’t worry about her being one of many Kate’s I think at school etc she would be the only one! [name_f]Kate[/name_f] is such a pretty, spunky choice. She’s just fun and I think a great choice.

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I only know two Kates. Lots of Katies, but [name_f]Kate[/name_f] still seems fresh.

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I go by [name_f]Katie[/name_f] which was a very common nickname for kids born in the 80s/90s. Growing up, [name_f]Kate[/name_f] was sort of seen as a less friendly more stuck up version :joy:. Now, from what I can gather on nameberry, [name_f]Katie[/name_f] is so boring and [name_f]Kate[/name_f] is so cool lol! So it would not surprise me if [name_f]Kate[/name_f] is becoming very popular for small children. [name_u]Or[/name_u] maybe more kids are actually going by Katherine?

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I don’t know any Kates! I know lots of Katies though.

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I know one [name_f]Kate[/name_f] and didn’t go to school with her. I’ve had a small number of Katie’s as school mates / peers / colleagues , though.

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I’ve known a few Katies but only one [name_f]Kate[/name_f]

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I know a few Kates, Katies, and [name_f]Katherine[/name_f] variants, but I like those names! I think [name_f]Kate[/name_f] is a fairly common name, but it’s not getting more popular. You also can’t predict how popular a name will be in your daughter’s life from the national data.

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I’ve known plenty of Katie/Kate’s but I can only think of 1 under the age of 19. Though I know several toddlers named Catherine, they don’t go by Kate.

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Only know one [name_f]Kate[/name_f] as a full name. And one [name_f]Kate[/name_f] who went by [name_f]Katie[/name_f] for our childhoods but uses [name_f]Kate[/name_f] as an adult.

Lots of Katie, Katherine, Catherine, Caitlin, [name_f]Katelyn[/name_f] though, if that would bug you.

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I love the name Kate! I think it’s classic and beautiful. [name_f]My[/name_f] drawbacks on selecting [name_f]Kate[/name_f] would be will it commonly be misspelled with a C? [name_m]Will[/name_m] people automatically start calling her [name_f]Katie[/name_f] even though it’s Kate? That would bother me but maybe that doesn’t bother you. I think [name_f]Katie[/name_f] / [name_f]Kaitlyn[/name_f] / [name_f]Katherine[/name_f] and their spelling variations are more common for millenials but less common with this new generation.

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I’ve known many Katie’s and Katelyn’s but never a [name_f]Kate[/name_f] (besides @katkabet :slight_smile:)!

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I think I know 5 or 6 Kates but 3 of them I know are short for [name_f]Katherine[/name_f] or [name_f]Kaitlyn[/name_f] or something. One is in her 40s and the rest are all around my age (18-25 ish). 2 of them went by [name_f]Katie[/name_f] when they were younger and now go by Kate.

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I’ve met two Kates. One was around my age, but moved away from my area, the other is a adult around upper 40s.

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I know many Kate’s and Katie’s, but I don’t know any under the age of 16!

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I know of one grown [name_f]Kate[/name_f] and have taught fewer than a handful in 30 years of teaching multiple grades. But I can’t speak for the babies.

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Cate - 1
Kate - 3
Katie - 1
Kat - 1
Kathryn - 1
Katherine - 1

Some of the Kates may be Katherines, and vice versa. I would say you “hear” it pretty often because of all the variations but if you count the specific spelling of Kate then it is only occasionally