How Many People Are Named Katya?
people named Katya are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 109,266 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,176 babies named Katya in Social Security records from 1962 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
146 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of YEKATERINA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Katya in English. Counting Katya and these spellings together, about 9,366 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Katya in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Katya alive today is about 22 years old, and 79% are under 30. Half of them were between 13 and 29 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Katya first appears in the records in 1962 and was given most often in 2001, to 146 babies. In 2025, 42 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1962 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Katya has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,312, in 2000. In 2025 it ranked #3,613.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,613 |
| Best rank | #1,312 (2000) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,818 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Katya alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Katya were born in California than in any other state: about 644 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Katya was given 3 times as often in California and 2.7 times in Texas.
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