Girls' name · since 1960
Katia
Katia has 6,339 recorded births since 1960 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,212 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,042 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,339
- born since 1960
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Katia is the #2042 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 6,339 recorded since 1960.
Katia has 6,339 recorded births among girls since 1960, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2042 as of the latest data, more common than 88% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 2025.
- #2,212 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,042 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 6,339 born since 1960
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Katia ranks #2,212 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,042 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 6,339 born since 1960, peaking in the 2000s.
- #2,212 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,042 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,339
- born since 1960
- 2000s
- peak decade
Katia's 6,339 recorded births place it above 96.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
21 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Katia compares
6,339 Top 12% higher than 88% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Katia's all-time total is 17x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Katia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,339 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 272 | 21 | 19,840 |
Katia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Katia's SSA record in two at 1994 and the more recent half accounts for 79% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 21%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1960, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1996 peak of 272, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Katia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–2025
- Peak year (1996)
- 272
- Annual births at peak, across 66 years of records
Katia by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (1,975 births, 31% of the file).
2000s was Katia's strongest decade.
1,975 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Katia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 85
1960s
85 births
- 1970s 293
1970s
293 births
- 1980s 567
1980s
567 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,538 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,975 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,268 births
- 2020s 613
2020s
613 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 1,975 births (31% of all-time use).
How Katia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Katia's total volume
Katia by state
Where Katia concentrates geographically, total births since 1960
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,286 | 20.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,229 | 19.4% |
| #3 | Florida | | 433 | 6.8% |
| #4 | New York | | 399 | 6.3% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 216 | 3.4% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 110 | 1.7% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 75 | 1.2% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 74 | 1.2% |
1,286 of 6,339 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 21 reporting states.
Katia appears in 21 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Katia's data
- Katia's decade-level peak was the 2000s (1,975 total births); usage has since declined to 613 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Katias (1,286 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Names with a similar popularity rank to Katia
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Katia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~65 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, 1960–2025 (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 Katia 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.