Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Katherina

Gender

Female

Origin

Greek
Variant of Katherine. Pure.

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Katherina

Pronunciation

k(a)-theri-na, kath(e)-rina

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 1991 (rank #2620, 46 births); most recent 2025 (rank #5917, 20 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
202520
202413
202320
202217
202121
202017
201912
201814
201716
201618

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2020 (rank #4535, 4 births); most recent 2022 (rank #5666, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
20223
20213
20204
2019–
20183
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2021 (rank #3337, 7 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
20217
2020–
2019–
20183
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 1979 (rank #303, 12 births); most recent 1996 (rank #471, 4 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence