Katharina
Katharina is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 15 births. Its best rank was 787th, in 1881.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 150.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 199158 births
- Best rank
- #787in 1881
- Since 1881
- 2,102people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,102 girls have been named Katharina in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1991, with 58 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1991, and the 1990s alone account for 21%. It has spent 6 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Katharina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 52 | |
| 1890s | 40 | |
| 1900s | 25 | |
| 1910s | 45 | |
| 1920s | 30 | |
| 1930s | 12 | |
| 1940s | 11 | |
| 1950s | 128 | |
| 1960s | 231 | |
| 1970s | 157 | |
| 1980s | 269 | |
| 1990s | 451 | |
| 2000s | 350 | |
| 2010s | 214 | |
| 2020s | 87 |
In 1991, its biggest year
Katharina was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1991 were Ashley, Jessica, Brittany, Amanda and Samantha. See all of 1991.
Names that rose and fell with Katharina
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Emiliepeak 2003
- Magdalenapeak 2007
- Katepeak 2007
- Carolinepeak 2000
- Abbiepeak 2003
- Johannapeak 1984
- Marindapeak 1980
- Susannapeak 1958
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.