Kitty is a distinctive choice, ranked #1362 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Kitty in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#1362
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About the Name Kitty
Kitty has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 363 places in five years. It was most popular in 2009 at #189 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Kitty is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Kitty in their class.
Kitty Garman — Kathleen Eleonora Garman was a British artist and muse.
Kitty Kat — Katharina Löwel, better known under her stage name Kitty Kat or Kitten Ket, is a German rapper and singer.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Kitty
Unlikely. With around 23 UK babies named Kitty per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Kitty in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Kitty is declining: down 773 places since 2020, to #1,362 in 2025. It peaked at #189 in 2009.
Kitty is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Kitty include: Kitty Castledine, Kitty Kat and Portrait of Kitty. Short summaries for each appear below.
Kitty does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Kittys in the wild.
23
UK babies named Kitty (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 773 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Kitty
Almost certainly the only Kitty in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Kitty
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Katherine Kelley is an American journalist and author of best-selling unauthorized biographies of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Reagan, the British royal family, the Bush family, and Oprah Winfrey.
Veronica "Kitty" Avanceña Duterte is a Filipino socialite who is the youngest daughter of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte and his partner Cielito "Honeylet" Avanceña.