Katera — girls' name
551 babies named Katera in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
551 girls have been named Katera since 1974, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2014.
- 551
- total births
- 1974–2014
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 46%
- born in that decade
46% of everyone ever named Katera was born in this single decade.
74 babies were named Katera in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Katera
The Social Security Administration has registered 551 babies named Katera between 1974 and 2014, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Katera currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 74 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Katera performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 253 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Katera shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Katera in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Katera 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 551 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.
Katera at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Katera popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1974
- Peak year (1998)
- 74
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
551 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 74 births in a single year.
Katera by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 253 births that decade — 46% of Katera's all-time total
Katera decade highlights
- Peak decade 253 births
- Runner-up 204 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Katera's strongest decade
253 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Katera by state
Where Katera concentrates geographically — total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 17 | 3.1% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 12 | 2.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 11 | 2.0% |
| #4 | Texas | | 10 | 1.8% |
| #5 | Florida | | 7 | 1.3% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 6 | 1.1% |
17 of 551 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Michigan 3.1% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.2% of nationwide
- New York 2.0% of nationwide
- Texas 1.8% of nationwide
- Florida 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 6 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Michigan accounts for 3.1% 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, 1974–2014 (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.