Katherina
- #5,917 for girls in 2025, 20 births
- Peak · girls
- 1892 · 9 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,683since 1889
Katherina over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Katherina has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #5,917 | 20 |
| 2024 | #7,967 | 13 |
| 2023 | #5,960 | 20 |
| 2022 | #6,707 | 17 |
| 2021 | #5,748 | 21 |
| 2020 | #6,629 | 17 |
| 2019 | #8,597 | 12 |
| 2018 | #7,762 | 14 |
| 2017 | #7,092 | 16 |
| 2016 | #6,663 | 18 |
| 2015 | #6,236 | 20 |
| 2014 | #7,636 | 15 |
| 2013 | #7,031 | 17 |
| 2012 | #8,632 | 13 |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 |
| 2010 | #8,271 | 14 |
| 2009 | #8,888 | 13 |
| 2008 | #10,807 | 10 |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 |
| 2006 | #6,840 | 18 |
| 2005 | #6,528 | 18 |
| 2004 | #6,768 | 17 |
| 2003 | #7,998 | 13 |
| 2002 | #5,897 | 19 |
| 2001 | #4,321 | 28 |
| 2000 | #4,791 | 24 |
| 1999 | #4,201 | 27 |
| 1998 | #4,238 | 26 |
| 1997 | #3,161 | 37 |
| 1996 | #4,583 | 22 |
| 1995 | #3,969 | 26 |
| 1994 | #3,234 | 35 |
| 1993 | #4,257 | 24 |
| 1992 | #3,581 | 30 |
| 1991 | #2,620 | 46 |
| 1990 | #3,078 | 36 |
| 1989 | #4,020 | 24 |
| 1988 | #3,039 | 33 |
| 1987 | #4,474 | 18 |
| 1986 | #4,186 | 19 |
| 1985 | #4,860 | 15 |
| 1984 | #3,329 | 25 |
| 1983 | #4,476 | 16 |
| 1982 | #4,347 | 17 |
| 1981 | #4,344 | 17 |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 |
| 1979 | #4,052 | 18 |
| 1978 | #4,242 | 16 |
| 1977 | #4,235 | 16 |
| 1976 | #3,407 | 20 |
| 1975 | #3,637 | 18 |
| 1974 | #4,041 | 15 |
| 1973 | #3,015 | 22 |
| 1972 | #3,177 | 20 |
| 1971 | #2,955 | 23 |
| 1970 | #3,435 | 18 |
| 1969 | #2,454 | 28 |
| 1968 | #2,126 | 32 |
| 1967 | #2,376 | 26 |
| 1966 | #2,519 | 23 |
| 1965 | #2,684 | 21 |
| 1964 | #2,412 | 26 |
| 1963 | #2,780 | 20 |
| 1962 | #2,210 | 29 |
| 1961 | #3,189 | 16 |
| 1960 | #3,357 | 14 |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 |
| 1957 | #2,416 | 22 |
| 1956 | #2,725 | 18 |
| 1955 | #2,725 | 17 |
| 1954 | #3,019 | 14 |
| 1953 | #3,106 | 13 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 |
| 1918 | #3,024 | 10 |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,091 | 8 |
| 1892 | #1,017 | 9 |
| 1891 | #1,213 | 6 |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1889
The first year at least five girls were named Katherina! It came in at #1,279, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1894, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Katherina is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Katherina in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 2,050 spots since 2024 (#7,967 → #5,917)
- 712 spots since 2020 (#6,629 → #5,917)
- 319 spots since 2015 (#6,236 → #5,917)
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1892 at #1,017 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1894, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 23,593
- Highest: 1 in 23,593 girls born in 1892 were named Katherina (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 80,363 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 18.4% of all girls named Katherina (309) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,279 (1889) | #1,279 |
| 1890s | 50 | #1,017 (1892) | #1,331 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,679 (1901) | #1,679 |
| 1910s | 47 | #1,956 (1911) | #3,102 |
| 1920s | 45 | #3,664 (1925) | #4,213 |
| 1930s | 22 | #3,701 (1936) | #4,116 |
| 1940s | 27 | #3,593 (1948) | #4,149 |
| 1950s | 123 | #2,416 (1957) | #3,607 |
| 1960s | 235 | #2,126 (1968) | #2,611 |
| 1970s | 186 | #2,955 (1971) | #3,620 |
| 1980s | 200 | #3,039 (1988) | #4,159 |
| 1990s | 309 | #2,620 (1991) | #3,692 |
| 2000s | 174 | #4,321 (2001) | #7,136 |
| 2010s | 147 | #6,236 (2015) | #8,007 |
| 2020s | 108 | #5,748 (2021) | #6,488 |
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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