How Many People Are Named Katara?
An estimated 1,399 people in the United States have the first name Katara. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 22 years old, and Katara peaked in popularity in 2024 with 69 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Katara 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 Katara paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,399
About 1 in 245,000 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
22
years old
Peak Year
2024
69 births
Total Registered
1,436
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Katara
Katara is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,436 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Katara as a female name
Ranked #2,564 in 2024
69 female births in 2024
Peak: 2024 (69 births)
Katara: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Katara span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 355 babies were registered. Katara remains highly popular today, with recent registration numbers near its historical peak.
Katara by Decade
How has Katara 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.
Katara by State
Birth registrations for Katara span all 13 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Illinois, North Carolina. The lowest are in Washington, Ohio, Indiana. On average, about 12 Kataras were registered per state.
Katara + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Katara as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Katara
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Katara: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Katara?
We estimate approximately 1,399 people named Katara 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 245,000 Americans share this first name.
Is Katara a common name?
Katara is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 92.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,436 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Katara most popular?
Katara reached peak popularity in 2024, when 69 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Katara is approximately 22 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Katara a female name?
Katara is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Katara Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Katara Smith, Katara Johnson, Katara 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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