Kateena — girls' name
62 babies named Kateena in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
62 girls have been named Kateena since 1972, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1989.
- 62
- total births
- 1972–1989
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 74%
- born in that decade
74% of everyone ever named Kateena was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Kateena in 1972 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kateena
The Social Security Administration has registered 62 babies named Kateena between 1972 and 1989, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kateena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kateena performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 46 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Kateena shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kateena in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kateena 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 62 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.
Kateena at a glance
Last recorded 1989Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kateena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1972
- Peak year (1972)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1989.
62 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1972 with 22 births in a single year.
Kateena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 46 births that decade — 74% of Kateena's all-time total
Kateena decade highlights
- Peak decade 46 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Kateena's strongest decade
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 74% of all-time use.
Kateena by state
Where Kateena concentrates geographically — total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 5 | 8.1% |
5 of 62 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Florida 8.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 8.1% 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, 1972–1989 (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.