Katsumi — boys' name

What the Data Says About Katsumi

The Social Security Administration has registered 265 babies named Katsumi between 1913 and 1943, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Katsumi currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1943. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Katsumi performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 170 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Katsumi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 103 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Katsumi in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Katsumi 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 265 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.