Kata — girls' name
53 babies named Kata in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
53 girls have been named Kata since 1974, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2011.
- 53
- total births
- 1974–2011
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
42% of everyone ever named Kata was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Kata in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kata
The Social Security Administration has registered 53 babies named Kata between 1974 and 2011, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kata currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kata performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kata shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kata in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 53 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Kata at a glance
Last recorded 2011Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kata popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1974
- Peak year (1994)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2011.
53 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 6 births in a single year.
Kata by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 22 births that decade — 42% of Kata's all-time total
Kata decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kata's strongest decade
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1974–2011 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.