How rare is the name Katerina?

9,171 people in the United States have the first name Katerina, about 1 in 32,933. It ranks #2,607 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

KATERINA

#2,607

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,171
About
1 in 32,933
This common or more
80.3%
Who bears it

Of the 9,171 people named Katerina, 77.7% reported their origin as White, 14% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.6% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Katerina peaked in 1998, when 259 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19542025
Peak year
1998
Births that year
259
In 2025*
151 ▼42%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 8,021 babies have been given the name since 1954. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Katerina by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,686. The largest share of babies named Katerina, 38.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1950s#11,72115
1960s#4,785170
1970s#3,531376
1980s#2,917634
1990s#1,6862,032
2000s#2,0502,005
2010s#2,3801,792
2020s#2,529997
Baby boom 1946–640.9%
Generation X 1965–806.8%
Millennials 1981–9624.2%
Generation Z 1997–1238.9%
2013 and later29.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Katerina is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Katerina has been most common in Florida (2.9×), Massachusetts (2.5×), and New York (2.1×), and least common in Georgia (0.28×).

5,512 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Katerina

1 other first name also has 9,171 people.

#2,607 Kellan · 9,171

Either side of Katerina

#2,605 Reilly · 9,187#2,606 Kimber · 9,179#2,607 Kellan · 9,171#2,609 Danika · 9,156

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Katerina, most common first.

#96 Katherine · 470,588#589 Katrina · 90,135#2,329 Kathrine · 10,914#2,540 Katarina · 9,543#4,506 Katherin · 4,109#4,768 Katharina · 3,803#6,662 Kateryna · 2,384#7,178 Katerine · 2,148

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