Girls' name · since 1954
Katerina
Katerina has 8,021 recorded births since 1954 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1998 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,910 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,431 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,021
- born since 1954
- 1990s
- peak decade
Katerina currently ranks #1431 among girls' names in America, with 8,021 babies recorded since 1954.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Katerina has been recorded 8,021 times among girls since 1954, currently ranked #1431 nationally and more common than 92% 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 1954 to 2025.
- #1,910 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,431 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 8,021 born since 1954
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Katerina ranks #1,910 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,431 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 8,021 born since 1954, peaking in the 1990s.
- #1,910 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,431 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,021
- born since 1954
- 1990s
- peak decade
Katerina's 8,021 recorded births place it above 97.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
27 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Katerina compares
8,021 Top 11% higher than 89% 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
Katerina's all-time total is 21x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Katerina | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 8,021 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 259 | 21 | 19,840 |
Katerina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Katerina splits its recorded history at 1991: 84% of all births land in the more recent half, 16% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1954 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1998 peak of 259 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Katerina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–2025
- Peak year (1998)
- 259
- Annual births at peak, across 72 years of records
Katerina by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (2,032 births, 25% of the file).
1990s was Katerina's strongest decade.
2,032 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Katerina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 15
1950s
15 births
- 1960s 170
1960s
170 births
- 1970s 376
1970s
376 births
- 1980s 634
1980s
634 births
- 1990s
1990s
2,032 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,005 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,792 births
- 2020s
2020s
997 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 2,032 births (25% of all-time use).
How Katerina 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 Katerina's total volume
Katerina by state
Where Katerina concentrates geographically, total births since 1954
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 970 | 12.1% |
| #2 | New York | | 923 | 11.5% |
| #3 | Florida | | 556 | 6.9% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 463 | 5.8% |
| #5 | Texas | | 374 | 4.7% |
| #6 | Massachusetts | | 346 | 4.3% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 330 | 4.1% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 302 | 3.8% |
970 of 8,021 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 27 reporting states.
Katerina appears in 27 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Katerina's data
- Katerina's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (2,032 total births) through the 2020s (997) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Katerinas (970 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.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Katerina
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Katerina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~71 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, 1954–2025 (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 Katerina 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.