Katara — #2561 US girls' name
1,436 babies named Katara in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 85% of names given to girls today.
25% of everyone ever named Katara was born in this single decade.
69 babies were named Katara in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Katara
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,436 babies named Katara between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Katara currently holds the #2561 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 69 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Katara performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 355 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Katara shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 31 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Katara in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Katara 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 1,436 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.
Katara at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Katara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1971
- Peak year (2024)
- 69
- Annual births at peak — across 54 years of records
Currently ranks #2561 among girls.
1,436 total births across 54 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 69 births in a single year.
Katara by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 355 births that decade — 25% of Katara's all-time total
Katara decade highlights
- Peak decade 355 births
- Runner-up 311 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Katara's strongest decade
355 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Katara by state
Where Katara concentrates geographically — total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 31 | 2.2% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 22 | 1.5% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 17 | 1.2% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 12 | 0.8% |
| #5 | Virginia | | 12 | 0.8% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 11 | 0.8% |
| #7 | Florida | | 10 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Texas | | 10 | 0.7% |
31 of 1,436 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 2.2% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.5% of nationwide
- North Carolina 1.2% of nationwide
- Michigan 0.8% of nationwide
- Virginia 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 13 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Katara appears in 13 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1971–2024 (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.