Kate is a girl's name of English origin meaning “at the house.” In 2024 it was given to 569 girls in the United States.
Kate belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “at the house” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Kate first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #79 in 1880, and in 2024 569 babies received the name — 85,411 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Kate means “at the house” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Kate is a girl name. In 2024, 569 babies received the name in the US.
Kate comes from the English & American tradition.
Kate first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #79 in 1880, and 569 babies were given the name in 2024.
Kate is pronounced /keɪt/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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