Girls' name · since 1958
Katarina
Katarina has 9,357 recorded births since 1958 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,755 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,786 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 9,357
- born since 1958
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Katarina is the #1786 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 9,357 recorded since 1958.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Katarina has been recorded 9,357 times among girls since 1958, currently ranked #1786 nationally and more common than 90% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1958 to 2025.
- #1,755 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,786 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 9,357 born since 1958
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Katarina ranks #1,755 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,786 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 9,357 born since 1958, peaking in the 1990s.
- #1,755 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,786 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 9,357
- born since 1958
- 1990s
- peak decade
Katarina's 9,357 recorded births place it above 97.57% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
39 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Katarina compares
9,357 Top 10% higher than 90% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Katarina's all-time total is 25x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Katarina | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 9,357 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 523 | 21 | 19,840 |
Katarina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Katarina splits its recorded history at 1994: 80% of all births land in the more recent half, 20% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1958 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1994 peak of 523 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Katarina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–2025
- Peak year (1994)
- 523
- Annual births at peak, across 68 years of records
Katarina by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (3,553 births, 38% of the file).
1990s was Katarina's strongest decade.
3,553 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Katarina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 53
1960s
53 births
- 1970s 148
1970s
148 births
- 1980s 553
1980s
553 births
- 1990s
1990s
3,553 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,703 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,571 births
- 2020s 771
2020s
771 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 3,553 births (38% of all-time use).
How Katarina compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Katarina's total volume
Katarina by state
Where Katarina concentrates geographically, total births since 1958
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,363 | 14.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 777 | 8.3% |
| #3 | New York | | 626 | 6.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 551 | 5.9% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 449 | 4.8% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 373 | 4.0% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 289 | 3.1% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 275 | 2.9% |
1,363 of 9,357 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 39 reporting states.
Katarina appears in 39 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Katarina's data
- Katarina's decade-level peak was the 1990s (3,553 total births); usage has since declined to 771 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Katarinas (1,363 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Katarina
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Katarina
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Katarina: 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 (~67 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, 1958–2025 (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 Katarina 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.