Katharina — #7233 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Katharina

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,102 babies named Katharina between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Katharina currently holds the #7233 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 58 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Katharina performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 451 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Katharina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 116 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Katharina in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Katharina 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 2,102 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.