Girls' name · since 1993
Katarena
Katarena has 45 recorded births since 1993 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #36,205 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 45
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
Katarena sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 45 recorded since 1993.
Social Security Administration records show Katarena recorded 45 times among girls since 1993, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 1999.
- #36,205 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 45 born since 1993
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Katarena ranks #36,205 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 45 born since 1993, peaking in the 1990s.
- #36,205 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 45
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
Katarena's 45 recorded births place it above 49.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Katarena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Katarena splits its recorded history at 1996: 36% of all births land in the more recent half, 64% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1998 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1994 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Katarena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1999
- Peak year (1994)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Katarena by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (45 births, 100% of the file).
1990s was Katarena's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Katarena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 45 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Katarena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~6 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1993–1999 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Katarena draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.