Katharina
- #6,325 for girls in 2025, 18 births
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 6 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,121since 1881
Katharina over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Katharina has never cracked the top 700 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,325 | 18 |
| 2024 | #7,251 | 15 |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 |
| 2022 | #5,984 | 20 |
| 2021 | #5,955 | 20 |
| 2020 | #5,667 | 21 |
| 2019 | #7,025 | 16 |
| 2018 | #6,792 | 17 |
| 2017 | #6,044 | 20 |
| 2016 | #6,186 | 20 |
| 2015 | #4,584 | 30 |
| 2014 | #5,993 | 21 |
| 2013 | #6,017 | 21 |
| 2012 | #4,957 | 28 |
| 2011 | #7,436 | 16 |
| 2010 | #5,414 | 25 |
| 2009 | #5,709 | 24 |
| 2008 | #5,434 | 26 |
| 2007 | #4,808 | 30 |
| 2006 | #5,906 | 22 |
| 2005 | #3,730 | 39 |
| 2004 | #3,819 | 37 |
| 2003 | #3,946 | 34 |
| 2002 | #2,935 | 50 |
| 2001 | #2,881 | 50 |
| 2000 | #3,453 | 38 |
| 1999 | #3,313 | 38 |
| 1998 | #3,015 | 42 |
| 1997 | #3,448 | 33 |
| 1996 | #2,796 | 43 |
| 1995 | #2,735 | 44 |
| 1994 | #2,465 | 51 |
| 1993 | #2,241 | 58 |
| 1992 | #2,576 | 48 |
| 1991 | #2,242 | 58 |
| 1990 | #3,078 | 36 |
| 1989 | #2,879 | 38 |
| 1988 | #2,744 | 38 |
| 1987 | #3,524 | 25 |
| 1986 | #3,135 | 29 |
| 1985 | #2,860 | 32 |
| 1984 | #3,874 | 20 |
| 1983 | #3,340 | 24 |
| 1982 | #4,347 | 17 |
| 1981 | #3,436 | 24 |
| 1980 | #3,609 | 22 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 14 |
| 1978 | #4,242 | 16 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 |
| 1976 | #3,678 | 18 |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 |
| 1974 | #3,426 | 19 |
| 1973 | #3,635 | 17 |
| 1972 | #3,404 | 18 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 |
| 1970 | #3,110 | 21 |
| 1969 | #2,454 | 28 |
| 1968 | #3,057 | 18 |
| 1967 | #2,327 | 27 |
| 1966 | #2,249 | 28 |
| 1965 | #2,605 | 22 |
| 1964 | #2,530 | 24 |
| 1963 | #2,543 | 23 |
| 1962 | #2,210 | 29 |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 |
| 1960 | #2,729 | 20 |
| 1959 | #2,760 | 18 |
| 1958 | #2,862 | 17 |
| 1957 | #2,727 | 18 |
| 1956 | #2,929 | 16 |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 |
| 1953 | #3,106 | 13 |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 |
| 1916 | #2,833 | 10 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,136 | 9 |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,278 | 7 |
| 1898 | #1,263 | 8 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,171 | 7 |
| 1891 | #1,213 | 6 |
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #837 | 10 |
| 1887 | #1,036 | 6 |
| 1886 | #897 | 7 |
| 1885 | #842 | 7 |
| 1884 | #1,024 | 5 |
| 1883 | #817 | 6 |
| 1882 | #908 | 5 |
| 1881 | #740 | 6 |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1881
The first year at least five girls were named Katharina! It came in at #740, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1889, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Katharina is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Katharina in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 926 spots since 2024 (#7,251 → #6,325)
- 658 spots since 2020 (#5,667 → #6,325)
- Biggest jump: 199 spots in 1888
- Biggest drop: 207 spots in 1884
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1881 at #740 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1889, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1881–1883
Share of babies · girls
1 in 15,325
- Highest: 1 in 15,325 girls born in 1881 were named Katharina (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 89,293 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 21.3% of all girls named Katharina (451) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 52 | #740 (1881) | #888 |
| 1890s | 40 | #1,099 (1890) | #1,252 |
| 1900s | 25 | #1,136 (1901) | #1,685 |
| 1910s | 45 | #2,634 (1912) | #2,966 |
| 1920s | 30 | #2,762 (1921) | #4,041 |
| 1930s | 12 | #3,658 (1930) | #4,035 |
| 1940s | 11 | #4,673 (1949) | #4,817 |
| 1950s | 128 | #2,727 (1957) | #3,425 |
| 1960s | 231 | #2,210 (1962) | #2,650 |
| 1970s | 158 | #3,110 (1970) | #4,190 |
| 1980s | 269 | #2,744 (1988) | #3,375 |
| 1990s | 451 | #2,241 (1993) | #2,791 |
| 2000s | 350 | #2,881 (2001) | #4,262 |
| 2010s | 214 | #4,584 (2015) | #6,045 |
| 2020s | 105 | #5,667 (2020) | #6,695 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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