girls:
401 births since 1921
#5315 (7th percentile)
overall:
401 births since 1921
#7338 (5th percentile)
The name Katha is the #7,338 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 401 recorded births since 1921. This represents the 5.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,315 (7.0% percentile) for all time with 401 births since 1921.
Katha first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1921 (first recorded for girls in 1921). Birth data for Katha is available in 37 out of the 103 years between 1921 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Katha reached its peak popularity in 1949, achieving the 2.5% percentile (ranked #662) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 1949, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Katha ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 31.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Katha".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Katha. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 58.1% confident that Katha is pronounced as KA-thuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAH-thuh, at 34.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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