girls:
265 births since 1945
#5451 (5th percentile)
boys:
227 births since 1953
#4359 (5th percentile)
overall:
492 births since 1945
#7247 (6th percentile)
The name Kitt is the #7,247 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 492 recorded births since 1945. This represents the 6.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,451 (4.6% percentile) for all time with 265 births since 1945. For boys, it ranks #4,359 (4.9% percentile) for all time with 227 births since 1953.
Kitt first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1945 (1945 for girls and 1953 for boys). Birth data for Kitt is available in 43 out of the 79 years between 1945 and 2023 (32 years for girls and 26 years for boys). 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.
The name Kitt is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 61.8% of babies named Kitt were girls.
For girls, Kitt reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.7% percentile (ranked #931) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 12 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Kitt is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #931 (1.7% percentile) with 12 births per million.
For boys, Kitt reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #905) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.1% percentile). Despite a peak around 2015, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Kitt ranks #903 for boys (0.9% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 55.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kitt".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kitt. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 87.5% confident that Kitt is pronounced as kiht, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is keet, at 12.5% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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