girls:
6.1k births since 1960
#2121 (63rd percentile)
overall:
6.1k births since 1960
#3460 (55th percentile)
The name Katia is the #3,460 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 6,135 recorded births since 1960. This represents the 55.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 55.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,121 (62.9% percentile) for all time with 6,135 births since 1960.
Katia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1960 (first recorded for girls in 1960). Birth data for Katia is available in 62 out of the 64 years between 1960 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, Katia reached its peak popularity in 1996, achieving the 30.7% percentile (ranked #596) with 142 births per million. The name was most common in 1996, with 142 births per million (ranked 30.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Katia ranks #830 for girls (12.4% percentile) with 70 births per million, which is 49.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Katia".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Katia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 34.7% confident that Katia is pronounced as KAH-tee-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAH-tyuh, at 26.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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