Katana — #2558 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Katana

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,726 babies named Katana between 1958 and 2024, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Katana currently holds the #2558 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 79 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Katana performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 558 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Katana shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 181 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Katana in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Katana 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 1,726 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.