Katerra — girls' name
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.
The verdict
240 girls have been named Katerra since 1982, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2005.
- 240
- total births
- 1982–2005
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 52%
- born in that decade
52% of everyone ever named Katerra was born in this single decade.
29 babies were named Katerra in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Katerra
The Social Security Administration has registered 240 babies named Katerra between 1982 and 2005, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Katerra currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 29 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Katerra performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 125 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Katerra shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Katerra 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 240 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.
Katerra at a glance
Last recorded 2005Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Katerra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–1982
- Peak year (1998)
- 29
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2005.
240 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 29 births in a single year.
Katerra by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 125 births that decade — 52% of Katerra's all-time total
Katerra decade highlights
- Peak decade 125 births
- Runner-up 72 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Katerra's strongest decade
125 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
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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, 1982–2005 (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.