How Many People Are Named Katrina?
An estimated 92,554 people in the United States have the first name Katrina. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 42 years old, and Katrina peaked in popularity in 1980 with 3,415 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Katrina 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 Katrina paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- While Katrina is overwhelmingly female, 238 male births have been registered with this name since 1880.
- Katrina has fallen dramatically from its peak in the 1980s. Recent registrations are less than 5% of what they were at the name's height.
Estimated Living Americans
92,554
About 1 in 3,703 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Uncommon
Predicted Gender
Female
99.8% confidence
Average Age
42
years old
Peak Year
1980
3,415 births
Total Registered
101,645
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Katrina
Katrina is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 101,645 total births registered, 99.8% were female.
Katrina as a male name
Ranked #6,689 in 1994
8 male births in 1994
Peak: 1980 (18 births)
Katrina as a female name
Ranked #1,637 in 2024
126 female births in 2024
Peak: 1980 (3,397 births)
Katrina: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Katrina span from the 1890s to the 2020s, covering 14 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 28,954 babies were registered. Katrina has declined significantly from its peak in the 1980s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Katrina by Decade
How has Katrina 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.
Katrina by State
Birth registrations for Katrina span all 51 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, New York, Texas. The lowest are in Wyoming, Vermont, Rhode Island. On average, about 1,928 Katrinas were registered per state.
Katrina + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Katrina as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Katrina
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Katrina: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Katrina?
We estimate approximately 92,554 people named Katrina 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 3,703 Americans share this first name.
Is Katrina a common name?
Katrina is classified as "Uncommon" and is more popular than 99.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 101,645 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Katrina most popular?
Katrina reached peak popularity in 1980, when 3,415 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Katrina is approximately 42 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Katrina a female name?
Katrina is predominantly female. 99.8% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Katrina Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Katrina Smith, Katrina Johnson, Katrina 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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