Katharina
Recorded 1881–2025 · United States
Katharina was most popular in 1991, when 58 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,651 that year. In 2025 it ranked #10,985, with 18 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,121 people named Katharina.
Katharina over time
How old is the name Katharina?
Katharina first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1881, which makes it about 144 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 108 of the 145 years since.
How many people are named Katharina?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,121 American births named Katharina between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,838 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Katharina in 2025?
18 American babies were named Katharina in 2025, ranking #10,985 that year.
Is Katharina getting more or less popular?
Katharina is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 17 births a year, against 23 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -28% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Katharina a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Katharina is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,121 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Katharina?
Roughly 1,838 Americans named Katharina are alive today — 87% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 33 years old, and half are between 22 and 47.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Katharina is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org