How Many People Are Named Katerina?
An estimated 7,648 people in the United States have the first name Katerina. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 23 years old, and Katerina peaked in popularity in 1998 with 259 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Katerina 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 Katerina paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
7,648
About 1 in 44,816 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
23
years old
Peak Year
1998
259 births
Total Registered
7,866
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Katerina
Katerina is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 7,866 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Katerina as a female name
Ranked #1,445 in 2024
152 female births in 2024
Peak: 1998 (259 births)
Katerina: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Katerina span from the 1950s to the 2020s, covering 8 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 2,031 babies were registered. While Katerina is less common than at its peak in the 1990s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Katerina by Decade
How has Katerina 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.
Katerina by State
Birth registrations for Katerina span all 27 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, New York, Florida. The lowest are in Utah, Nevada, Missouri. On average, about 200 Katerinas were registered per state.
Katerina + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Katerina as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Katerina: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Katerina?
We estimate approximately 7,648 people named Katerina 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 44,816 Americans share this first name.
Is Katerina a common name?
Katerina is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 97.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 7,866 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Katerina most popular?
Katerina reached peak popularity in 1998, when 259 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Katerina is approximately 23 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Katerina a female name?
Katerina is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Katerina Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Katerina Smith, Katerina Johnson, Katerina 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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