Girls' name · since 1968

Katurah

Since 1968, U.S. Social Security records show 285 babies named Katurah, peaking in 1992. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#16,356 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,269 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
285
born since 1968
1980s
peak decade

285 babies have been named Katurah since 1968, making it today's #15269 girls' name.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Katurah has been recorded 285 times among girls since 1968, currently ranked #15269 nationally and more common than 12% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2025.

  • #16,356 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #15,269 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 285 born since 1968
  • 1980s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Katurah ranks #16,356 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,269 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 285 born since 1968, peaking in the 1980s.

#16,356 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,269 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
285
born since 1968
1980s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%11.7%
Katurah vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Katurah's 285 recorded births place it above 77.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Katurah compares

285 44th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Katurah's all-time total is 24% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Katurah Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 285 376 567,345
Peak-year births 10 21 19,840

Katurah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Katurah's SSA record in two at 1994 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1971, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1992 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Katurah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (1992)
10
Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
4681012 19681978198519921999200720172025 5

Katurah by decade

1980s is the heaviest window (66 births, 23% of the file).

1980s was Katurah's strongest decade.

66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.

Katurah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1980s at 66 births (23% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Katurah?
Since 1968, Social Security records show 285 babies named Katurah. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #16,356 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #15,269 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 1992, with 10 births.
Where does Katurah sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Katurah ranks #16,356 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,269 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Katurah most popular?
Katurah was most popular in the 1980s decade with 66 total births. The single peak year was 1992.
How long has the name Katurah been used?
Katurah has been recorded in Social Security data since 1968, spanning 58 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Katurah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kathleen, Katherine, Kathryn, Kathy, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Katurah's data

  • Katurah's decade-level peak was the 1980s (66 total births); usage has since declined to 20 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Katurah

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Katurah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1968–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Katurah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.