Katori — #6103 US girls' name
184 babies named Katori in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 65% of names given to girls today.
45% of everyone ever named Katori was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Katori in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Katori
The Social Security Administration has registered 184 babies named Katori between 2007 and 2024, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Katori currently holds the #6103 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Katori performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 83 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Katori shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Katori 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 184 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.
Katori at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Katori popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2007
- Peak year (2024)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
Currently ranks #6103 among girls.
184 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 20 births in a single year.
Katori popularity over time — boys
7 total births recorded since 2023 (Katori as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Katori accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Katori by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 83 births that decade — 45% of Katori's all-time total
Katori decade highlights
- Peak decade 83 births
- Runner-up 63 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Katori's strongest decade
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
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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, 2007–2024 (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.