Katniss — #11862 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Katniss

The Social Security Administration has registered 201 babies named Katniss between 2012 and 2024, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Katniss currently holds the #11862 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 38 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Katniss performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 149 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Katniss shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Katniss in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Katniss 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 201 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.