Girls' name · since 1962
Katya
Katya has 3,176 recorded births since 1962 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2001 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,482 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,603 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,176
- born since 1962
- 2000s
- peak decade
Katya currently ranks #3603 among girls' names in America, with 3,176 babies recorded since 1962.
Katya has 3,176 recorded births among girls since 1962, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3603 as of the latest data, more common than 79% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1962 to 2025.
- #3,482 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,603 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,176 born since 1962
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Katya ranks #3,482 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,603 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,176 born since 1962, peaking in the 2000s.
- #3,482 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,603 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,176
- born since 1962
- 2000s
- peak decade
Katya's 3,176 recorded births place it above 95.18% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
15 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Katya compares
3,176 Top 18% higher than 82% of 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
Katya's all-time total is 8x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Katya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,176 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 146 | 21 | 19,840 |
Katya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Katya's SSA record in two at 1994 and the more recent half accounts for 82% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 18%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1962, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2001 peak of 146, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Katya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–2025
- Peak year (2001)
- 146
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Katya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (1,086 births, 34% of the file).
2000s was Katya's strongest decade.
1,086 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Katya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 52
1960s
52 births
- 1970s 106
1970s
106 births
- 1980s 226
1980s
226 births
- 1990s
1990s
729 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,086 births
- 2010s
2010s
663 births
- 2020s 314
2020s
314 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 1,086 births (34% of all-time use).
How Katya compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Katya's total volume
Katya by state
Where Katya concentrates geographically, total births since 1962
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 652 | 20.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 407 | 12.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 99 | 3.1% |
| #4 | Florida | | 74 | 2.3% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 70 | 2.2% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 42 | 1.3% |
| #7 | Colorado | | 28 | 0.9% |
| #8 | Washington | | 27 | 0.9% |
652 of 3,176 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 15 reporting states.
Katya appears in 15 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Katya's data
- Katya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (1,086 total births); usage has since declined to 314 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Katyas (652 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Katya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~63 yrs)
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, 1962–2025 (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 Katya 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.