How Many People Are Named Katana?
An estimated 1,697 people in the United States have the first name Katana. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 17 years old, and Katana peaked in popularity in 2023 with 79 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Katana as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Katana paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- Katana is a modern name. With an average bearer age of just 17, it has gained most of its popularity in recent years.
Estimated Living Americans
1,697
About 1 in 201,977 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
17
years old
Peak Year
2023
79 births
Total Registered
1,726
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Katana
Katana is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,726 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Katana as a female name
Ranked #2,563 in 2024
69 female births in 2024
Peak: 2023 (79 births)
Katana: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Katana span from the 1950s to the 2020s, covering 8 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 558 babies were registered. While Katana is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Katana by Decade
How has Katana tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Katana by State
Birth registrations for Katana span all 13 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, Florida. The lowest are in Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Michigan. On average, about 25 Katanas were registered per state.
Katana + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Katana as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Katana
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Katana: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Katana?
We estimate approximately 1,697 people named Katana are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 201,977 Americans share this first name.
Is Katana a common name?
Katana is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 93% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,726 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Katana most popular?
Katana reached peak popularity in 2023, when 79 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Katana is approximately 17 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Katana a female name?
Katana is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Katana Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Katana Smith, Katana Johnson, Katana Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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