How Many People Are Named Katha?
An estimated 260 people in the United States have the first name Katha. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 67 years old, and Katha peaked in popularity in 1949 with 22 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Katha 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 Katha paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- With an average bearer age of 67, Katha is a vintage name most associated with earlier generations. Most living bearers were born before 1969.
Estimated Living Americans
260
About 1 in 1,318,286 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
67
years old
Peak Year
1949
22 births
Total Registered
409
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Katha
Katha is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 409 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Katha as a female name
Ranked #11,591 in 2024
8 female births in 2024
Peak: 1949 (22 births)
Katha: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Katha span from the 1920s to the 2020s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1950s, when 149 babies were registered. Katha has declined significantly from its peak in the 1950s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Katha by Decade
How has Katha 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.
Katha + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Katha as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Katha
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Katha: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Katha?
We estimate approximately 260 people named Katha 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 1,318,286 Americans share this first name.
Is Katha a common name?
Katha is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 77.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 409 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Katha most popular?
Katha reached peak popularity in 1949, when 22 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Katha is approximately 67 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Katha a female name?
Katha is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Katha Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Katha Smith, Katha Johnson, Katha 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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