girls:
806 births since 1973
#4910 (14th percentile)
overall:
806 births since 1973
#6933 (10th percentile)
The name Kathya is the #6,933 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 806 recorded births since 1973. This represents the 10.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,910 (14.1% percentile) for all time with 806 births since 1973.
Kathya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1973 (first recorded for girls in 1973). Birth data for Kathya is available in 42 out of the 51 years between 1973 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, Kathya reached its peak popularity in 1996, achieving the 5.4% percentile (ranked #813) with 27 births per million. The name was most common in 1996, with 27 births per million (ranked 5.4% percentile). Despite a low point in 2015, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Kathya ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 19.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kathya".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kathya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 82.4% confident that Kathya is pronounced as KA-thyuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAH-thyuh, at 17.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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