Katai — #11836 US boys' name
174 babies named Katai in U.S. Social Security records since 2013, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 17% of names given to boys today.
67% of everyone ever named Katai was born in this single decade.
34 babies were named Katai in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Katai
The Social Security Administration has registered 174 babies named Katai between 2013 and 2024, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Katai currently holds the #11836 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 34 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Katai performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 117 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Katai shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Katai in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Katai 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 174 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.
Katai at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Katai popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2013
- Peak year (2014)
- 34
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
Currently ranks #11836 among boys.
174 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 34 births in a single year.
Katai by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 117 births that decade — 67% of Katai's all-time total
Katai decade highlights
- Peak decade 117 births
- Runner-up 57 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Katai's strongest decade
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% of all-time use.
Katai by state
Where Katai concentrates geographically — total births since 2013
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 2.9% |
5 of 174 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 2.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 2.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2013–2024 (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.