girls:
10.1k births since 1938
#1585 (72nd percentile)
overall:
10.1k births since 1938
#2658 (66th percentile)
The name Kathi is the #2,658 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 10,109 recorded births since 1938. This represents the 65.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 65.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,585 (72.3% percentile) for all time with 10,109 births since 1938.
Kathi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1938 (first recorded for girls in 1938). Birth data for Kathi is available in 60 out of the 64 years between 1938 and 2001. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Kathi reached its peak popularity in 1958, achieving the 59.3% percentile (ranked #312) with 399 births per million. The name was most common in 1958, with 399 births per million (ranked 59.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2001.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kathi".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Kathi. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Kathi is pronounced as KA-thee, which has 2 syllables.
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