How Many People Are Named Katherina?
people named Katherina are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 239,345 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,683 babies named Katherina in Social Security records from 1889 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
ππ Very Rare
Peak Year
46 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Latinate form of KATHERINE. Shakespeare used this name in his play 'Taming of the Shrew' (1593).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Katherina in English. Counting Katherina and these spellings together, about 2,195 people alive in the US have the name.
β§ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Katherina in the records were girls.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Katherina alive today is about 37 years old, and 46% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 23 and 54 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Katherina first appears in the records in 1889 and was given most often in 1991, to 46 babies. In 2025, 20 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1889 to 2025
π Rank History
Katherina has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,051, in 1892. In 2025 it ranked #6,013.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,013 |
| Best rank | #1,051 (1892) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,609 in the 1990s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Katherina alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Katherina were born in California than in any other state: about 85 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Katherina was given about 4.3 times as often in California.
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