Katrina

#2,214 for girls in 2025, 83 births · Last seen for boys in 1994 at #6,372
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1982 · 3,322 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
6 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
101,493
since 1895

Katrina over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201977peak #87, 1982girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,21483—
2024#1,622128—
2023#1,850108—
2022#1,961100—
2021#1,398156—
2020#1,578133—
2019#1,516143—
2018#1,520143—
2017#1,224196—
2016#1,241196—
2015#1,131225—
2014#1,092233—
2013#1,030242—
2012#939272—
2011#1,054234—
2010#856314—
2009#814347—
2008#710420—
2007#592505—
2006#379855—
2005#2471,328—
2004#2811,174—
2003#2741,143—
2002#2801,115—
2001#2511,277—
2000#2361,357—
1999#2441,293—
1998#2351,297—
1997#2071,411—
1996#1911,543—
1995#1811,667—
1994#1631,924#6,3728
1993#1542,036—
1992#1312,526#7,4226
1991#1402,225#5,5219
1990#1272,479—
1989#1142,624#3,32517
1988#1102,577#6,4266
1987#1052,613#4,23910
1986#992,828#4,4579
1985#932,978#2,71018
1984#1052,630#3,27013
1983#1082,602#3,07114
1982#873,322#3,69211
1981#953,257#4,5098
1980#903,397#2,61718
1979#992,998#3,81010
1978#1222,439#2,92914
1977#1262,296#3,8369
1976#1102,366#4,0128
1975#1312,130#3,42810
1974#1262,278—
1973#1182,522#4,5056
1972#1162,751#3,6228
1971#1392,299#4,3756
1970#1512,213—
1969#1801,791#4,4045
1968#2071,463—
1967#2121,434#3,9665
1966#2291,309#3,9485
1965#2391,286—
1964#2601,178—
1963#2761,079—
1962#2711,092#4,0335
1961#316877—
1960#344770—
1959#368673—
1958#354679—
1957#424487—
1956#442430—
1955#488346—
1954#532278—
1953#519272—
1952#534255—
1951#609199—
1950#602193—
1949#698147—
1948#832111—
1947#90995—
1946#86492—
1945#99460—
1944#1,06254—
1943#1,14350—
1942#1,15347—
1941#1,01352—
1940#1,24235—
1939#1,00949—
1938#1,38229—
1937#1,23434—
1936#1,54923—
1935#1,55023—
1934#1,26332—
1933#1,22434—
1932#1,38229—
1931#1,50225—
1930#1,81520—
1929#2,01117—
1928#1,83721—
1927#2,02619—
1926#1,54128—
1925#1,64726—
1924#2,51414—
1923#1,84022—
1922#1,89721—
1921#1,57728—
1920#2,26316—
1919#1,60425—
1918#2,10217—
1917#1,70821—
1916#1,94917—
1915#2,05015—
1914#1,66516—
1913#1,88311—
1912#1,54013—
1911#2,1916—
1910#1,9357—
1909#1,9576—
1908#2,1015—
1907#1,3849—
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1905#1,2989—
1904#1,6596—
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1901#1,3397—
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1895#1,5925—
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First appearance
1895

The first year at least five girls were named Katrina! It came in at #1,592, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1895–1896, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Katrina is popular in 1977

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #93 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 303 girlsAKMaine: #73 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 311 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Katrina, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #182 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 907 girlsNHWashington: #117 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 542 girlsWAIdaho: #81 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 330 girlsIDMontana: #114 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 481 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #113 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 495 girlsNDMinnesota: #164 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 924 girlsMNIllinois: #108 for girls · 146 births · 1 in 495 girlsILWisconsin: #140 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 725 girlsWIMichigan: #94 for girls · 122 births · 1 in 468 girlsMINew York: #153 for girls · 135 births · 1 in 754 girlsNYMassachusetts: #188 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,014 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Katrina, so not publishedRIOregon: #95 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 421 girlsORNevada: #105 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 382 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Katrina, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #96 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 391 girlsSDIowa: #163 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 861 girlsIAIndiana: #118 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 597 girlsINOhio: #158 for girls · 89 births · 1 in 788 girlsOHPennsylvania: #137 for girls · 99 births · 1 in 671 girlsPANew Jersey: #290 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,668 girlsNJConnecticut: #158 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 792 girlsCTCalifornia: #162 for girls · 187 births · 1 in 800 girlsCAUtah: #88 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 397 girlsUTColorado: #108 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 461 girlsCONebraska: #129 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 592 girlsNEMissouri: #168 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 837 girlsMOKentucky: #156 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 768 girlsKYWest Virginia: #136 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 617 girlsWVVirginia: #109 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 495 girlsVAMaryland: #74 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 348 girlsMDDelaware: #142 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 558 girlsDEArizona: #99 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 443 girlsAZNew Mexico: #198 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 806 girlsNMKansas: #170 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 795 girlsKSArkansas: #119 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 565 girlsARTennessee: #101 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 492 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #95 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 447 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #102 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 438 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #56 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 208 girlsDCOklahoma: #121 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 583 girlsOKLouisiana: #84 for girls · 76 births · 1 in 368 girlsLAMississippi: #68 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 273 girlsMSAlabama: #81 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 359 girlsALGeorgia: #75 for girls · 93 births · 1 in 353 girlsGAHawaii: #106 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 389 girlsHITexas: #161 for girls · 122 births · 1 in 823 girlsTXFlorida: #100 for girls · 92 births · 1 in 470 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. District of Columbia#56 · 1 in 208
  2. Mississippi#68 · 1 in 273
  3. Maine#73 · 1 in 311
  4. Maryland#74 · 1 in 348
  5. Georgia#75 · 1 in 353

Best ever in a state: #33 in District of Columbia, 1972.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#56291 in 208
Mississippi#68581 in 273
Maine#73191 in 311
Maryland#74531 in 348
Georgia#75931 in 353
Alabama#81641 in 359
Idaho#81191 in 330
Louisiana#84761 in 368
Utah#88371 in 397
Alaska#9381 in 303
Michigan#941221 in 468
North Carolina#95741 in 447
Oregon#95351 in 421
South Dakota#96111 in 391
Arizona#99361 in 443
Florida#100921 in 470
Tennessee#101571 in 492
South Carolina#102401 in 438
Nevada#10581 in 382
Hawaii#106121 in 389
Colorado#108371 in 461
Illinois#1081461 in 495
Virginia#109571 in 495
North Dakota#11391 in 495
Montana#11491 in 481
Washington#117421 in 542
Indiana#118591 in 597
Arkansas#119231 in 565
Oklahoma#121291 in 583
Nebraska#129171 in 592
West Virginia#136201 in 617
Pennsylvania#137991 in 671
Wisconsin#140401 in 725
Delaware#14251 in 558
New York#1531351 in 754
Kentucky#156321 in 768
Connecticut#158181 in 792
Ohio#158891 in 788
Texas#1611221 in 823
California#1621871 in 800
Iowa#163221 in 861
Minnesota#164281 in 924
Missouri#168371 in 837
Kansas#170171 in 795
New Hampshire#18251 in 907
Massachusetts#188291 in 1,014
New Mexico#198101 in 806
New Jersey#290221 in 1,668
Rhode Island———
Vermont———
Wyoming———

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Katrina
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 592 spots since 2024 (#1,622 → #2,214)
  • 636 spots since 2020 (#1,578 → #2,214)
  • 1,083 spots since 2015 (#1,131 → #2,214)
  • Biggest jump: 134 spots in 1949 (#832 → #698)
  • Biggest drop: 213 spots in 2007 (#379 → #592)
Rise & fade · girls
87 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1895
  • Peaked 1982 at #87 (3,322 births)
  • Births halved by 1996, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 6 yrs · run 1979–1982
  • Top 1,000: 67 yrs · run 1945–2010
Share of babies · girls
1 in 489
  • Highest: 1 in 489 girls born in 1980 were named Katrina (0.20%)
  • Latest: 1 in 19,365 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #87 in 1982, was only 1 in 510 (0.20%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 28.4% of all girls named Katrina (28,828) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s11#1,385 (1897)#1,489
1900s42#1,298 (1905)#1,623
1910s148#1,540 (1912)#1,863
1920s212#1,541 (1926)#1,915
1930s298#1,009 (1939)#1,391
1940s743#698 (1949)#991
1950s3,812#354 (1958)#487
1960s12,279#180 (1969)#253
1970s24,292#99 (1979)#124
1980s28,828#87 (1982)#101
1990s18,401#127 (1990)#177
2000s9,521#236 (2000)#406
2010s2,198#856 (2010)#1,160
2020s708#1,398 (2021)#1,771

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.

Katrina in 1977

girls
#126
2,296 births · 1 in 668 girls
boys
#3,836
9 births · 1 in 182,580 boys

Top girls' names in 1977

  1. #1Jennifer58,964
  2. #2Melissa26,879
  3. #3Amy26,729
  4. #4Jessica24,846
  5. #5Heather23,773
  6. #6Angela20,998
  7. #7Michelle19,540
  8. #8Kimberly18,286
  9. #9Amanda18,278
  10. #10Kelly18,234
  11. #126Katrina2,296

Top boys' names in 1977

  1. #1Michael67,587
  2. #2Jason55,631
  3. #3Christopher46,721
  4. #4David40,515
  5. #5James40,040
  6. #6Robert34,214
  7. #7John34,195
  8. #8Brian32,492
  9. #9Matthew31,965
  10. #10Joseph26,483
  11. #3,836Katrina9
More about 1977

girls

1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 668 of them was named Katrina, which outranked 98.9% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Katrina
  1. #123Anne2,355
  2. #124Regina2,325
  3. #125Latoya2,321
  4. #126Katrina2,296
  5. #127Aimee2,288
  6. #128Felicia2,219
  7. #129Carolyn2,197
Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,746Shawnte#2,486 → #740
  2. ↑ 1,077Jacklyn#2,060 → #983
  3. ↑ 775Talia#1,482 → #707
  4. ↑ 605Haley#1,047 → #442
  5. ↑ 576Raven#1,154 → #578
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,033Liberty#543 → #1,576
  2. ↓ 464Luciana#545 → #1,009
  3. ↓ 441Danyel#999 → #1,440
  4. ↓ 428Chaka#897 → #1,325
  5. ↓ 322Catina#861 → #1,183

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 182,580 of them was named Katrina, which outranked 44.1% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Katrina
  1. #3,606Winslow10
  2. #3,606Wolf10
  3. #3,606Zak10
  4. #3,836Katrina9
  5. #3,836Abelino9
  6. #3,836Adisa9
  7. #3,836Aleksandar9
  8. #4,164Abdiel8
  9. #4,164Abdur8
  10. #4,164Adil8

Tied with 327 names at #3,836; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,102Lavar#5,587 → #485
  2. ↑ 4,753Kinte#5,587 → #834
  3. ↑ 969Jedidiah#1,873 → #904
  4. ↑ 811Conor#1,748 → #937
  5. ↑ 704Amin#1,608 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 427Jerimy#963 → #1,390
  2. ↓ 322Demetrios#990 → #1,312
  3. ↓ 246Nakia#790 → #1,036
  4. ↓ 244Baron#977 → #1,221
  5. ↓ 235Hakim#878 → #1,113

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1977 →