How Many People Are Named Katharina?

1,832

people named Katharina are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 186,563 people in the US has this name

Based on 2,121 babies named Katharina in Social Security records from 1881 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#7,136

πŸ’ŽπŸ’Ž Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#3,993

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Peak Year

1991

58 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

πŸ“– Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Pronunciation: ka-ta-REE-na (German), kah-tah-REE-nah (Swedish)
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

German form of KATHERINE.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Katharina in the records were girls.

πŸ‘₯ Age Distribution

The average person named Katharina alive today is about 34 years old, and 45% are under 30. Half of them were between 21 and 46 in 2025.

Under 30 817
44.6%
30 to 59 790
43.1%
60 and over 225
12.3%

πŸ“ˆ Popularity Over Time

Katharina first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 1991, to 58 babies. In 2025, 18 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2025

πŸ† Rank History

Katharina has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #787, in 1881. In 2025 it ranked #6,439.

Girls
Rank in 2025#6,439
Best rank#787 (1881)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#2,758 in the 1990s

πŸ“ State-Wise Distribution

People named Katharina alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Katharina were born in California than in any other state: about 114 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Katharina was given 3.6 times as often in New York and 3 times in California.

California 114
New York 64
Texas 38
Florida 11
Illinois 10
Colorado 5
New Jersey 5
Virginia 5
Washington 5

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