Katima — girls' name
14 babies named Katima in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
14 girls have been named Katima since 1981, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1985.
- 14
- total births
- 1981–1985
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
100% of everyone ever named Katima was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Katima in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Katima
The Social Security Administration has registered 14 babies named Katima between 1981 and 1985, spanning 5 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Katima currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1985. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Katima performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 14 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Katima in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Katima 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 14 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.
Katima at a glance
Last recorded 1985Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Katima popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–1981
- Peak year (1985)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 5 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1985.
14 total births across 5 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 8 births in a single year.
Katima by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 14 births that decade — 100% of Katima's all-time total
Katima decade highlights
- Peak decade 14 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Katima's strongest decade
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Katima by state
Where Katima concentrates geographically — total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 35.7% |
5 of 14 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 35.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 35.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1981–1985 (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.