Katherina — #7952 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Katherina

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,663 babies named Katherina between 1889 and 2024, spanning 136 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Katherina currently holds the #7952 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 46 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Katherina performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 309 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Katherina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 89 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Katherina in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Katherina 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 1,663 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.