Girls' name · since 1921
Katha
Katha has 409 recorded births since 1921 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1949 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,341 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 409
- born since 1921
- 1950s
- peak decade
Katha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 409 recorded since 1921.
Katha has 409 recorded births among girls since 1921, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1921 to 2024.
- #13,341 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 409 born since 1921
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Katha ranks #13,341 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 409 born since 1921, peaking in the 1950s.
- #13,341 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 409
- born since 1921
- 1950s
- peak decade
Katha's 409 recorded births place it above 81.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Katha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Katha's full recorded timeline at 1954, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1921, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1949 peak of 22 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Katha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1921–2024
- Peak year (1949)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 104 years of records
Katha by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (149 births, 36% of the file).
1950s was Katha's strongest decade.
149 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Katha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s 28
1930s
28 births
- 1940s
1940s
118 births
- 1950s
1950s
149 births
- 1960s
1960s
71 births
- 1970s 23
1970s
23 births
- 2020s 15
2020s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 149 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Katha's decade-level peak was the 1950s (149 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Katha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1949)
Similar record span (~103 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, 1921–2024 (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 Katha 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.