How rare is the name Katharina?

3,803 people in the United States have the first name Katharina, about 1 in 79,419. It ranks #4,768 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

KATHARINA

#4,768

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,803
About
1 in 79,419
This common or more
84.5%
Who bears it

Of the 3,803 people named Katharina, 88.7% reported their origin as White, 5.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 3% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (100%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Katharina peaked in 1991, when 58 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18812025
Peak year
1991
Births that year
58
In 2025*
18 ▼69%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 2,121 babies have been given the name since 1881. 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.

Katharina by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #1,696. The largest share of babies named Katharina, 27.6%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1880s#1,69652
1890s#2,35640
1900s#3,37425
1910s#6,14445
1920s#9,04330
1930s#9,91512
1940s#10,74511
1950s#5,102128
1960s#4,041231
1970s#6,213158
1980s#5,227269
1990s#4,567451
2000s#6,830350
2010s#10,149214
2020s#11,247105
Before 19014.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–274.7%
Silent Generation 1928–450.6%
Baby boom 1946–6411.6%
Generation X 1965–8014.3%
Millennials 1981–9627.6%
Generation Z 1997–1225.1%
2013 and later11.8%

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.

Exactly as common as Katharina

1 other first name also has 3,803 people.

#4,768 Aurea · 3,803

Either side of Katharina

#4,767 Wally · 3,807#4,768 Aurea · 3,803#4,770 Leana · 3,801#4,771 Georgie · 3,798

Spelled almost the same

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

#96 Katherine · 470,588#589 Katrina · 90,135#1,269 Katharine · 29,372#2,329 Kathrine · 10,914#2,540 Katarina · 9,543#2,607 Katerina · 9,171#4,506 Katherin · 4,109#8,000 Kathrin · 1,842

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