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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201978peak #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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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 1978

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #56 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 226 girlsAKMaine: #73 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 311 girlsMEVermont: #100 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 410 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #91 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 391 girlsNHWashington: #66 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 319 girlsWAIdaho: #91 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 393 girlsIDMontana: #84 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 314 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #115 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 483 girlsNDMinnesota: #143 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 737 girlsMNIllinois: #134 for girls · 109 births · 1 in 650 girlsILWisconsin: #133 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 743 girlsWIMichigan: #105 for girls · 116 births · 1 in 496 girlsMINew York: #160 for girls · 123 births · 1 in 799 girlsNYMassachusetts: #164 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 872 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Katrina, so not publishedRIOregon: #91 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 406 girlsORNevada: #108 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 415 girlsNVWyoming: #60 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 222 girlsWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Katrina, so not publishedSDIowa: #135 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 688 girlsIAIndiana: #102 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 527 girlsINOhio: #137 for girls · 101 births · 1 in 683 girlsOHPennsylvania: #155 for girls · 86 births · 1 in 767 girlsPANew Jersey: #187 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 980 girlsNJConnecticut: #140 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 709 girlsCTCalifornia: #126 for girls · 252 births · 1 in 608 girlsCAUtah: #150 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 689 girlsUTColorado: #148 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 665 girlsCONebraska: #174 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 819 girlsNEMissouri: #131 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 639 girlsMOKentucky: #107 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 508 girlsKYWest Virginia: #82 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 369 girlsWVVirginia: #101 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 442 girlsVAMaryland: #111 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 493 girlsMDDelaware: #81 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 309 girlsDEArizona: #147 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 655 girlsAZNew Mexico: #172 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 682 girlsNMKansas: #118 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 537 girlsKSArkansas: #97 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 449 girlsARTennessee: #98 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 480 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #105 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 483 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #71 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 280 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #58 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 240 girlsDCOklahoma: #82 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 395 girlsOKLouisiana: #111 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 510 girlsLAMississippi: #64 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 264 girlsMSAlabama: #71 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 320 girlsALGeorgia: #81 for girls · 88 births · 1 in 366 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Katrina, so not publishedHITexas: #139 for girls · 156 births · 1 in 663 girlsTXFlorida: #84 for girls · 110 births · 1 in 400 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Alaska#56 · 1 in 226
  2. District of Columbia#58 · 1 in 240
  3. Wyoming#60 · 1 in 222
  4. Mississippi#64 · 1 in 264
  5. Washington#66 · 1 in 319

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alaska#56111 in 226
District of Columbia#58231 in 240
Wyoming#60111 in 222
Mississippi#64581 in 264
Washington#66721 in 319
Alabama#71681 in 320
South Carolina#71611 in 280
Maine#73191 in 311
Delaware#8191 in 309
Georgia#81881 in 366
Oklahoma#82431 in 395
West Virginia#82321 in 369
Florida#841101 in 400
Montana#84141 in 314
Idaho#91171 in 393
New Hampshire#91121 in 391
Oregon#91381 in 406
Arkansas#97281 in 449
Tennessee#98581 in 480
Vermont#10061 in 410
Virginia#101631 in 442
Indiana#102661 in 527
Michigan#1051161 in 496
North Carolina#105671 in 483
Kentucky#107471 in 508
Nevada#10881 in 415
Louisiana#111541 in 510
Maryland#111371 in 493
North Dakota#11591 in 483
Kansas#118251 in 537
California#1262521 in 608
Missouri#131481 in 639
Wisconsin#133391 in 743
Illinois#1341091 in 650
Iowa#135271 in 688
Ohio#1371011 in 683
Texas#1391561 in 663
Connecticut#140201 in 709
Minnesota#143361 in 737
Arizona#147251 in 655
Colorado#148261 in 665
Utah#150221 in 689
Pennsylvania#155861 in 767
New York#1601231 in 799
Massachusetts#164341 in 872
New Mexico#172121 in 682
Nebraska#174121 in 819
New Jersey#187371 in 980
Hawaii———
Rhode Island———
South Dakota———

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 1978

girls
#122
2,439 births · 1 in 628 girls
boys
#2,929
14 births · 1 in 117,274 boys

Top girls' names in 1978

  1. #1Jennifer56,314
  2. #2Melissa28,327
  3. #3Jessica26,102
  4. #4Amy23,213
  5. #5Heather22,270
  6. #6Amanda20,520
  7. #7Angela20,517
  8. #8Sarah19,976
  9. #9Michelle18,856
  10. #10Nicole17,279
  11. #122Katrina2,439

Top boys' names in 1978

  1. #1Michael67,127
  2. #2Jason51,600
  3. #3Christopher47,236
  4. #4David40,684
  5. #5James39,894
  6. #6Matthew34,282
  7. #7John34,014
  8. #8Robert33,374
  9. #9Brian29,432
  10. #10Joseph26,663
  11. #2,929Katrina14
More about 1978

girls

1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 628 of them was named Katrina, which outranked 98.9% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Katrina
  1. #119Anne2,467
  2. #120Donna2,459
  3. #121Victoria2,457
  4. #122Katrina2,439
  5. #123Alison2,433
  6. #124Kelli2,326
  7. #125Ann2,320
Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,240Aja#4,652 → #412
  2. ↑ 1,987Kiley#2,606 → #619
  3. ↑ 1,951Kylee#2,838 → #887
  4. ↑ 1,785Winter#2,780 → #995
  5. ↑ 1,620Kylie#2,026 → #406
Fallers
  1. ↓ 913Shalon#868 → #1,781
  2. ↓ 760Farah#854 → #1,614
  3. ↓ 519Tennille#462 → #981
  4. ↓ 398Shawnte#740 → #1,138
  5. ↓ 362Farrah#177 → #539

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

boys

1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 117,274 of them was named Katrina, which outranked 56.7% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Katrina
  1. #2,799Wayman15
  2. #2,799Yasin15
  3. #2,799Zebadiah15
  4. #2,929Katrina14
  5. #2,929Adolphus14
  6. #2,929Agustine14
  7. #2,929Alim14
  8. #3,070Alaric13
  9. #3,070Albino13
  10. #3,070Aleksander13

Tied with 140 names at #2,929; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,237Dequan#4,164 → #927
  2. ↑ 626Nicholaus#1,367 → #741
  3. ↑ 617Nicklaus#1,515 → #898
  4. ↑ 578Zebulon#1,476 → #898
  5. ↑ 424Anwar#1,121 → #697
Fallers
  1. ↓ 674Kinte#834 → #1,508
  2. ↓ 668Kunta#572 → #1,240
  3. ↓ 417Telly#732 → #1,149
  4. ↓ 415Lesley#937 → #1,352
  5. ↓ 310Amin#904 → #1,214

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

See the top 100 for 1978 →