Katya
Recorded 1962–2025 · United States
Katya was most popular in 2001, when 146 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,293 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,305, with 42 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,176 people named Katya.
Katya over time
How old is the name Katya?
Katya first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1962, which makes it about 63 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 63 of the 64 years since.
How many people are named Katya?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,176 American births named Katya 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 3,130 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Katya in 2025?
42 American babies were named Katya in 2025, ranking #6,305 that year.
Is Katya getting more or less popular?
Katya is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 53 births a year, against 66 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -19% 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 Katya a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Katya is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 3,176 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 Katya?
Roughly 3,130 Americans named Katya are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 23 years old, and half are between 14 and 30.
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 Katya 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