girls:
2.1k births since 1881
#3757 (34th percentile)
overall:
2.1k births since 1881
#5699 (26th percentile)
The name Katharina is the #5,699 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,083 recorded births since 1881. This represents the 26.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 26.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,757 (34.3% percentile) for all time with 2,083 births since 1881.
Katharina first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1881 (first recorded for girls in 1881). Birth data for Katharina is available in 106 out of the 143 years between 1881 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, Katharina reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 6.2% percentile (ranked #797) with 29 births per million. The name was most common in 1881, with 61 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). Despite a low point in 2020, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Katharina ranks #942 for girls (0.5% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 9.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Katharina".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Katharina", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 11 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Katarina" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Katarina..
Our model has identified 16 different pronunciations for the name Katharina. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 15.3% confident that Katharina is pronounced as kah-tuh-REE-nuh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KA-thuh-REE-nuh, at 13.6% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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