Girls' name · since 1937
Kateri
2,533 babies named Kateri in U.S. Social Security records since 1937, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,016 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,378 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,533
- born since 1937
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kateri currently ranks #4378 among girls' names in America, with 2,533 babies recorded since 1937.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kateri has been recorded 2,533 times among girls since 1937, currently ranked #4378 nationally and more common than 75% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1937 to 2025.
- #4,016 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,378 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,533 born since 1937
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kateri ranks #4,016 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,378 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,533 born since 1937, peaking in the 2010s.
- #4,016 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,378 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,533
- born since 1937
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kateri's 2,533 recorded births place it above 94.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
17 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Kateri compares
2,533 Top 20% higher than 80% 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
Kateri's all-time total is 7x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kateri | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,533 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 65 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kateri's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kateri's full recorded timeline at 1986, 70% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 30% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1937, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1980 peak of 65 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kateri popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1937–2025
- Peak year (1980)
- 65
- Annual births at peak, across 89 years of records
Kateri by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (494 births, 20% of the file).
2010s was Kateri's strongest decade.
494 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Kateri births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 11
1940s
11 births
- 1950s 87
1950s
87 births
- 1960s 180
1960s
180 births
- 1970s
1970s
202 births
- 1980s
1980s
442 births
- 1990s
1990s
457 births
- 2000s
2000s
427 births
- 2010s
2010s
494 births
- 2020s
2020s
228 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 494 births (20% of all-time use).
How Kateri 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 Kateri's total volume
Kateri by state
Where Kateri concentrates geographically, total births since 1937
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 126 | 5.0% |
| #2 | California | | 80 | 3.2% |
| #3 | New Mexico | | 41 | 1.6% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 31 | 1.2% |
| #5 | Texas | | 22 | 0.9% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 21 | 0.8% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 19 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 15 | 0.6% |
126 of 2,533 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 17 reporting states.
Kateri appears in 17 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Kateri's data
- Kateri's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (494 total births) through the 2020s (228) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Kateris (126 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kateri: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~88 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, 1937–2025 (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 Kateri 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.