Katoya — girls' name
189 babies named Katoya in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
189 girls have been named Katoya since 1974, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1991.
- 189
- total births
- 1974–1991
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 72%
- born in that decade
72% of everyone ever named Katoya was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Katoya in 1981 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Katoya
The Social Security Administration has registered 189 babies named Katoya between 1974 and 1991, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Katoya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Katoya performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 136 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Katoya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Katoya 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 189 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.
Katoya at a glance
Last recorded 1991Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Katoya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1974
- Peak year (1981)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1991.
189 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1981 with 18 births in a single year.
Katoya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 136 births that decade — 72% of Katoya's all-time total
Katoya decade highlights
- Peak decade 136 births
- Runner-up 33 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Katoya's strongest decade
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 72% 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, 1974–1991 (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.