Girls' name · since 1982
Katerra
240 babies named Katerra in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,989 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 240
- born since 1982
- 1990s
- peak decade
Katerra sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 240 recorded since 1982.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Katerra has been recorded 240 times among girls since 1982, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, 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 1982 to 2005.
- #17,989 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 240 born since 1982
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Katerra ranks #17,989 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 240 born since 1982, peaking in the 1990s.
- #17,989 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 240
- born since 1982
- 1990s
- peak decade
Katerra's 240 recorded births place it above 75.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Katerra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Katerra's SSA record in two at 1994 and the more recent half accounts for 70% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 30%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1982, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1998 peak of 29, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Katerra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2005
- Peak year (1998)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Katerra by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (125 births, 52% of the file).
1990s was Katerra's strongest decade.
125 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Katerra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 43
1980s
43 births
- 1990s
1990s
125 births
- 2000s
2000s
72 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 125 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Katerra's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (125 total births) through the 2000s (72) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Katerra: 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 (~23 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, 1982–2005 (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 Katerra 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.