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Katarina

Girl's name · #1788 in the US (2025) · 90s wave

Popularity over time

Katarina reached #477 in 1994 and has eased to #1788 since. About 9,400 girls have carried it since 1958.

Across the states

See where Katarina is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 12 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

Katarina is especially popular in Bosnia (Rep. Srpska).

#9 in Bosnia (Rep. Srpska) (2025) · #74 in Slovenia (2025) · #96 in Bosnia (FBiH) (2025) · #267 in Austria (2025) · #376 in Norway (2025) · #651 in Sweden (2025) · #841 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,495 in Canada (2025) · #2,565 in Italy (2024) · #2,790 in France (2025) · #7,403 in Ecuador (2025) · #47 in Slovakia (2024) and 7 more.

Famous Katarinas

• Katarina Witt — German figure skater (born 1965)
• Katarina Srebotnik — Slovenian tennis player (born 1981)
• Katarina Taikon — Swedish Romani writer-actor (1932–1995)
• Katarina Barley — German politician (born 1968)
• Katarina Johnson-Thompson — British heptathlete (born 1993)

In stories & tradition

• Katarina — Doctor Who (TV series)
• Katarina Stratford — 10 Things I Hate About You (film)
• Katarina Vogelhuber — Operatic character in the opera White Horse Inn (Broadway version) by Hans Spialek

What Katarinas become

Among 1,063 notable people named Katarina:

Medical professionals appear 1.9× more often than among typical names — e.g. Katarina Svanberg, Swedish oncologist and medical researcher (born 1944).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Catarina (#1897), Katarina would rank around #1104 with about 220 births last year — the newborns split about 52/48 between Katarina and Catarina.

Similar names: Katrina · Alex · Carina · Sarina · Christiana · Katia

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