Katharina

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Katharina: Recorded since 1962, it reached #203 in 1988, and it stood at #449 in 2022.

3registrars recorded it
70times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#203highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2011

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1997	#1666
1998	#3142
1999	#2189
2000	#2746
2001	#3262
2002	#2868
2003	#4373
2005	#3970
2006	#3548
2007	#5201
2008	#2292
2009	#3936
2010	#4012
2011	#4764

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 52 of the 61 years from 1962 to 2022.

In 2011: #513 among girls in Norway, #4764 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1962–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1962
First recorded at #507 among girls in Norway in 1962 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1962–2022
Highest recorded position: #203 among girls in Norway, in 1988 (recorded 1962–2022).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #449 among girls in Norway, in 2022.
Norway · Girls

Katharina appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 52 years beginning in 1962, and has registered 701 births with the name.

Katharina 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.

Katharina'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	#507 (1962)	#203 (1988)	#449 (2022)	52 of 61	701 (1962–2022)	30 (1988)
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#1666 (1997)	#4764 (2011)	15 of 16	77 (1996–2011)	10 (1997)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#396 (1970)	#396 (1970)	#429 (1976)	3 of 7	11 (1970–1976)	4 (1970)

Katharina 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 Katharina in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	52	6 of 10	9
1970s	147	10 of 10	15
1980s	160	10 of 10	16
1990sbusiest	203	10 of 10	20
2000s	111	10 of 10	11
2010s	23	5 of 10	5
2020s	5	1 of 10	5

Across Norway · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 20 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Katharina 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 1962 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #203 in Norway in 1988.

Katharina'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
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2292	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2189	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1666	10	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#449	5	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#537	4	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#562	4	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#579	4	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#532	5	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#513	6	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#564	5	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#446	8	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#381	11	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#318	14	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#504	6	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#283	16	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#388	9	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#349	11	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#380	10	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#237	21	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#308	13	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#331	12	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#234	20	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#259	17	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#207	26	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#245	20	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#234	22	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#228	23	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#245	23	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#219	27	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#243	23	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#203	30	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#307	15	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#281	17	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#245	20	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#368	12	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#413	9	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#427	9	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#440	8	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#271	17	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#266	17	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#232	21	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#267	17	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#297	14	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#349	11	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#280	16	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#269	16	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#290	15	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#356	10	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#351	10	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#270	15	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#309	12	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#456	6	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#338	10	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#464	5	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#507	4	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#508	3	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#396	4	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 1962 and 2022, ranked in 53 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #203, first reached in 1988.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 30 births, registered in Norway in 1988.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1970, and 34 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.

Katerina · #509, 30y
Katey · #516, 20y
Katharine · #258, 37y
Kathe · #234, 33y

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.

Ekaterina · #208, 52y
Elzbieta · #209, 56y
Tadeusz · #194, 51y
Alise · #213, 53y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Brona · #203, 49y
Noeline · #203, 10y
Dervilla · #202, 18y
Dora · #202, 43y

Katharina was ranked #203 in Norway · Girls in 1988. 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.

Katharina 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 Katharina without appearing here.

Katharina moved ahead of

Freddie Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3548 and #3548 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2292 and #5545.
Gail Compare
In 2007 they stood at #5201 and #3667 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2292 and #5545.
Lene Compare
In 2007 they stood at #5201 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2292 and #5545.
Kai Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3936 and #2326 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #4012 and #5707.

Moved ahead of Katharina

Cecilie Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3936 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4764 and #2636.
Frida Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2868 and #3409 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #4373 and #2727.
Ezra Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4012 and #5707 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4764 and #3185.
Finley Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4012 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4764 and #3549.

Moved the opposite way to Katharina

Lara Compare
Between 1968 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Katharina went from #309 to #449 while Lara went from #553 to #129.
Lucy Compare
Between 1968 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Katharina went from #309 to #449 while Lucy went from #509 to #281.
Natalie Compare
Between 1968 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Katharina went from #309 to #449 while Natalie went from #514 to #251.
Sofia Compare
Between 1968 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Katharina went from #309 to #449 while Sofia went from #518 to #16.

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 1962 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #203 in Norway in 1988. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Katharina

Katharina at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Katharina across 3 official records

Katharina by decade in Norway · Girls

Katharina 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 Katharina

Katharina and the names beside it

Katharina moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Katharina

Moved the opposite way to Katharina

Katharina at a glance

Katharina across 3 official records

Katharina by decade in Norway · Girls

Katharina 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 Katharina

Katharina and the names beside it

Katharina moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Katharina

Moved the opposite way to Katharina