Katrina
Katrina was given to 83 girls in 2025, #2,226 among girls’ names; 101,731 Americans have been recorded with it since 1895 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 95,600 Americans named Katrina and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (94% of everyone recorded); the median is 43 years old and half are between 34 and 52.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Katrina by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Katrina mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Katrina is “a female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Catherine; variant form Katrine.”
/kəˈtɹi.nə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Katrina?
#2,226 among girls’ names, 2025
Katrina fell from #1,133 in 2015 to #2,226 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.13 to 0.05 per 1,000.
3,415 babies in 1980, the peak
Katrina peaked in 1980, when 3,415 babies were given it (3,397 girls, #90 among girls’ names). The 83 births of 2025 are 2% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83 | #2,226 | 0.05 |
| 2024 | 128 | #1,628 | 0.08 |
| 2023 | 108 | #1,862 | 0.07 |
| 2022 | 100 | #1,969 | 0.06 |
| 2021 | 156 | #1,401 | 0.10 |
| 2020 | 133 | #1,584 | 0.08 |
| 2019 | 143 | #1,519 | 0.09 |
| 2018 | 143 | #1,525 | 0.08 |
| 2017 | 196 | #1,227 | 0.11 |
| 2016 | 196 | #1,247 | 0.11 |
Every recorded year (124)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 225 | #1,133 | 0.13 |
| 2014 | 233 | #1,096 | 0.13 |
| 2013 | 242 | #1,031 | 0.14 |
| 2012 | 272 | #941 | 0.15 |
| 2011 | 234 | #1,058 | 0.13 |
| 2010 | 314 | #856 | 0.18 |
| 2009 | 347 | #816 | 0.19 |
| 2008 | 420 | #712 | 0.22 |
| 2007 | 505 | #593 | 0.26 |
| 2006 | 855 | #379 | 0.45 |
| 2005 | 1,328 | #247 | 0.72 |
| 2004 | 1,174 | #281 | 0.64 |
| 2003 | 1,143 | #274 | 0.63 |
| 2002 | 1,115 | #280 | 0.62 |
| 2001 | 1,277 | #251 | 0.71 |
| 2000 | 1,357 | #236 | 0.75 |
| 1999 | 1,293 | #244 | 0.73 |
| 1998 | 1,297 | #235 | 0.73 |
| 1997 | 1,411 | #207 | 0.81 |
| 1996 | 1,543 | #191 | 0.88 |
| 1995 | 1,667 | #181 | 0.95 |
| 1994 | 1,924 | #163 | 1.1 |
| 1993 | 2,036 | #154 | 1.1 |
| 1992 | 2,526 | #131 | 1.4 |
| 1991 | 2,225 | #140 | 1.2 |
| 1990 | 2,479 | #127 | 1.3 |
| 1989 | 2,624 | #114 | 1.4 |
| 1988 | 2,577 | #110 | 1.4 |
| 1987 | 2,613 | #105 | 1.5 |
| 1986 | 2,828 | #99 | 1.6 |
| 1985 | 2,978 | #93 | 1.7 |
| 1984 | 2,630 | #105 | 1.6 |
| 1983 | 2,602 | #108 | 1.6 |
| 1982 | 3,322 | #87 | 2.0 |
| 1981 | 3,257 | #95 | 2.0 |
| 1980 | 3,397 | #90 | 2.0 |
| 1979 | 2,998 | #99 | 1.9 |
| 1978 | 2,439 | #122 | 1.6 |
| 1977 | 2,296 | #126 | 1.5 |
| 1976 | 2,366 | #110 | 1.6 |
| 1975 | 2,130 | #131 | 1.5 |
| 1974 | 2,278 | #126 | 1.6 |
| 1973 | 2,522 | #118 | 1.7 |
| 1972 | 2,751 | #116 | 1.8 |
| 1971 | 2,299 | #139 | 1.4 |
| 1970 | 2,213 | #151 | 1.3 |
| 1969 | 1,791 | #180 | 1.1 |
| 1968 | 1,463 | #207 | 0.89 |
| 1967 | 1,434 | #212 | 0.87 |
| 1966 | 1,309 | #229 | 0.77 |
| 1965 | 1,286 | #239 | 0.73 |
| 1964 | 1,178 | #260 | 0.62 |
| 1963 | 1,079 | #276 | 0.56 |
| 1962 | 1,092 | #271 | 0.56 |
| 1961 | 877 | #317 | 0.43 |
| 1960 | 770 | #344 | 0.38 |
| 1959 | 673 | #368 | 0.33 |
| 1958 | 679 | #354 | 0.34 |
| 1957 | 487 | #424 | 0.24 |
| 1956 | 430 | #441 | 0.21 |
| 1955 | 346 | #488 | 0.18 |
| 1954 | 278 | #532 | 0.14 |
| 1953 | 272 | #518 | 0.14 |
| 1952 | 255 | #535 | 0.14 |
| 1951 | 199 | #609 | 0.11 |
| 1950 | 193 | #601 | 0.11 |
| 1949 | 147 | #698 | 0.09 |
| 1948 | 111 | #832 | 0.07 |
| 1947 | 95 | #911 | 0.05 |
| 1946 | 92 | #864 | 0.06 |
| 1945 | 60 | #999 | 0.05 |
| 1944 | 54 | #1,064 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 50 | #1,147 | 0.04 |
| 1942 | 47 | #1,158 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 52 | #1,015 | 0.04 |
| 1940 | 35 | #1,257 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 49 | #1,018 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 29 | #1,399 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 34 | #1,241 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 23 | #1,571 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 23 | #1,584 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 32 | #1,276 | 0.03 |
| 1933 | 34 | #1,232 | 0.03 |
| 1932 | 29 | #1,408 | 0.03 |
| 1931 | 25 | #1,524 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,841 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 17 | #2,050 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 21 | #1,866 | 0.02 |
| 1927 | 19 | #2,068 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 28 | #1,563 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 26 | #1,668 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,599 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 22 | #1,868 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 21 | #1,924 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 28 | #1,596 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,321 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 25 | #1,625 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 17 | #2,150 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 21 | #1,742 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 17 | #1,992 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 15 | #2,090 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 16 | #1,694 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,960 | 0.02 |
| 1912 | 13 | #1,572 | 0.02 |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,332 | 0.01 |
| 1910 | 7 | #2,026 | 0.02 |
| 1909 | 6 | #2,085 | 0.02 |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,273 | 0.01 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,457 | 0.03 |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,359 | 0.03 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,767 | 0.02 |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,405 | 0.03 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,463 | 0.03 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,714 | 0.02 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Katrina a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Katrina has been given almost only to girls: 238 boys in 124 years of records.
Girls and boys named Katrina: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Katrina, and how old are they?
95,600 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 94% of the 101,731 Americans ever recorded as Katrina. The median Katrina alive today is 43 years old; half are between 34 and 52.
The 2020 Census counted 90,135 people named Katrina (90,046 women and girls, 89 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 96,561 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 224 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 7,630 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 32,700 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 38,800 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 14,200 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,070 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Katrina born?
The states with the most babies named Katrina are California, New York and Texas, with 24% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 11,854 | #3,321 | 1.0× |
| New York | 6,277 | #2,253 | 0.8× |
| Texas | 5,805 | #2,777 | 0.7× |
| Florida | 5,408 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Illinois | 4,919 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Michigan | 4,334 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 4,234 | #1,058 | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 4,173 | #1,358 | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 2,990 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| North Carolina | 2,690 | not ranked | 1.0× |
Where Katrina is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Katrina is most over-represented in District of Columbia: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Katrina with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 138,585 babies since 1880, Katrina is the most given (73% of them). In 2025 it was given to 83 of their 491 babies (17%), the fourth most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Katrina
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Katrina and names like it
- Compare Katrina and CatrinaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sKatrina peaked in 1980.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Katrina since 1910.
- The top names of 1980The year the most babies were named Katrina.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Katrina alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with KMost given first.