Katarina

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Katarina: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Katarina: Recorded since 1963, it reached #138 in 1994, and it stood at #376 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
84times a registrar ranked it
63years from first to last
#138highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#802
1997	#705
1998	#995
1999	#842
2000	#1033
2001	#962
2002	#1192
2003	#1083
2004	#1459
2005	#916
2006	#1585
2007	#1337
2008	#1641
2009	#1668
2010	#1520
2011	#1903
2012	#1525
2013	#2176
2014	#1882
2015	#1961
2016	#2367
2017	#2706
2018	#2901
2019	#2040
2020	#2843
2021	#2499
2022	#2488
2023	#3598
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 53 of the 63 years from 1963 to 2025.

In 2023: #856 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3598 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1963–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1963
First recorded at #429 among girls in Norway in 1963 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1963–2025
Highest recorded position: #138 among girls in Norway, in 1994 (recorded 1963–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #376 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Katarina appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 53 years beginning in 1963, and has registered 1,088 births with the name.

Katarina across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Katarina's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#429 (1963)	#138 (1994)	#376 (2025)	53 of 63	1,088 (1963–2025)	53 (1994)
England and Wales · Girls	#802 (1996)	#705 (1997)	#5891 (2024)	29 of 29	473 (1996–2024)	34 (1997)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#907 (2012)	#856 (2023)	#856 (2023)	2 of 12	6 (2012–2023)	3 (2012)

Katarina by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Katarina in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	42	5 of 10	8
1970s	146	10 of 10	15
1980s	239	10 of 10	24
1990sbusiest	397	10 of 10	40
2000s	176	10 of 10	18
2010s	80	7 of 10	11
2020s	8	1 of 10	8

Across Norway · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 40 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Katarina appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1963 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #138 in Norway in 1994.

Katarina's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2488	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2040	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2901	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2706	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2367	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1961	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1882	15	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2176	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1525	20	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1903	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1520	19	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1668	16	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1641	16	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1337	20	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1585	15	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#916	30	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1459	15	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1083	21	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1192	17	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#962	22	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1033	20	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#842	26	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#995	21	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#705	34	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#802	28	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#376	8	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#380	10	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#456	7	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#464	7	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#272	19	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#446	8	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#331	14	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#326	15	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#372	12	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#361	12	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#521	6	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#247	20	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#372	11	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#234	22	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#253	19	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#195	27	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#202	25	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#226	22	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#166	36	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#151	42	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#177	34	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#154	44	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#172	37	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#138	53	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#169	37	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#183	36	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#158	45	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#186	33	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#156	45	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#191	33	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#210	28	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#257	19	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#213	23	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#186	30	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#338	12	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#346	12	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#286	15	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#229	22	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#249	19	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#269	17	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#244	19	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#255	18	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#307	13	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#340	12	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#421	8	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#272	16	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#355	10	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#281	14	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#411	7	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#285	14	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#391	8	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#400	7	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#429	6	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1963 and 2025, ranked in 61 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #138, first reached in 1994.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 53 births, registered in Norway in 1994.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 49 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Kataleya · #625, 11y
Katalina · #2436, 20y
Katarzyna · #69, 60y
Kate · #10, 81y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Maura · #136, 58y
Thelma · #134, 56y
Ultan · #146, 61y
Nessa · #127, 62y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Ailish · #138, 62y
Marcella · #138, 60y
Dermott · #137, 19y
Derrick · #137, 52y

Katarina was ranked #138 in Norway · Girls in 1994. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Katarina and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Katarina without appearing here.

Katarina moved ahead of

Tyler Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1903 and #1665 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #1525 and #2521.
Tracey Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1585 and #1435 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #1337 and #2233.
Kristy Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1033 and #876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #962 and #1439.
Tove Compare
In 2005 they stood at #372 and #321 in Norway · Girls; by 2006 that had become #247 and #537.

Moved ahead of Katarina

Shea Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3598 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3015.
Carmel Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2488 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3318.
Finley Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2488 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3318.
Freddie Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3598 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3318.

Moved the opposite way to Katarina

Hannah Compare
Between 1976 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Katarina went from #255 to #376 while Hannah went from #501 to #116.
Emilie Compare
Between 1977 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Katarina went from #244 to #376 while Emilie went from #500 to #16.
Gro Compare
Between 1963 and 2006 in Norway · Girls, Katarina went from #429 to #247 while Gro went from #34 to #557.
Vigdis Compare
Between 1963 and 2006 in Norway · Girls, Katarina went from #429 to #247 while Vigdis went from #61 to #583.

Moved the same way as Katarina

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Katarina went from #802 to #5891 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Katarina went from #802 to #5891 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Katarina went from #802 to #5891 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Katarina went from #802 to #5891 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1963 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #138 in Norway in 1994. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Katarina

Katarina at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Katarina across 3 official records

Katarina by decade in Norway · Girls

Katarina appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Katarina

Katarina and the names beside it

Katarina moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Katarina

Moved the opposite way to Katarina

Moved the same way as Katarina

Katarina at a glance

Katarina across 3 official records

Katarina by decade in Norway · Girls

Katarina appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Katarina

Katarina and the names beside it

Katarina moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Katarina

Moved the opposite way to Katarina

Moved the same way as Katarina