Katherina

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Katherina: Recorded since 1966, its highest recorded position is #288, and it stood at #5,669 in 2022.

2registrars recorded it
34times a registrar ranked it
57years from first to last
#288highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2001–2022

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#3998
2004	#3725
2005	#3970
2014	#5691
2018	#5666
2020	#4535
2021	#5581
2022	#5669

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 Republic of Ireland in 26 of the 31 years from 1966 to 1996.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1966–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1966
First recorded at #288 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1966 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1966–1996
Highest recorded position: #288 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1966 (recorded 1966–1996).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #5669 among girls in England and Wales, in 2022.
England and Wales · Girls

Katherina appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 26 years beginning in 1966, and has registered 127 births with the name.

Katherina across 2 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.

Katherina'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
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#288 (1966)	#288 (1966)	#471 (1996)	26 of 31	127 (1966–1996)	12 (1979)
England and Wales · Girls	#3998 (2001)	#3725 (2004)	#5669 (2022)	8 of 22	27 (2001–2022)	4 (2004)

Katherina by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Katherina in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	16	4 of 10	4
1970sbusiest	53	9 of 10	6
1980s	41	9 of 10	5
1990s	17	4 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Katherina 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 2 regions, from 1966 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #288 in Republic of Ireland in 1966.

Katherina'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
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	5	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#423	5	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#445	4	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#492	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#388	6	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#414	5	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#529	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	5	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#370	7	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#303	12	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	5	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#369	7	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	4	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#406	5	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	6	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#312	8	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#466	3	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#447	3	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	4	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	3	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	3	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#288	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1966 and 2022, ranked in 34 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #288, first reached in 1966.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1979.

Its record falls into 10 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2001, and 35 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.

Katharine · #258, 37y
Kathe · #234, 33y
Katherine · #24, 71y
Kathinka · #311, 28y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Linas · #289, 38y
Rehan · #289, 29y
Bebhinn · #290, 38y
Coral · #290, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Marguerita · #288, 14y
Rosanne · #288, 28y
Arvydas · #287, 25y
Kathrina · #287, 24y

Katherina was ranked #288 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1966. 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.

Katherina 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 Katherina without appearing here.

Katherina moved ahead of

Geraldine Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5666 and #5666 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #5493.
Kristin Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5666 and #5666 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #5493.
Violet Compare
In 1979 they stood at #369 and #369 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1980 that had become #370 and #542.
Heidi Compare
In 1991 they stood at #492 and #442 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1992 that had become #417 and #523.

Moved ahead of Katherina

Eabha Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3725 and #4598 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #3514.
Jenna Compare
In 1983 they stood at #425 and #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1984 that had become #414 and #107.
Danielle Compare
In 1975 they stood at #406 and #455 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1976 that had become #429 and #248.
Shauna Compare
In 1966 they stood at #288 and #380 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1967 that had become #393 and #221.

Moved the opposite way to Katherina

Aisling Compare
Between 1966 and 1996 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Katherina went from #288 to #471 while Aisling went from #100 to #17.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1966 and 1996 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Katherina went from #288 to #471 while Alexandra went from #288 to #98.
Alison Compare
Between 1966 and 1996 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Katherina went from #288 to #471 while Alison went from #98 to #46.
Aoife Compare
Between 1966 and 1996 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Katherina went from #288 to #471 while Aoife went from #189 to #5.

Moved the same way as Katherina

Alma Compare
Between 1966 and 1996 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Katherina went from #288 to #471 and Alma from #310 to #534.
Angela Compare
Between 1966 and 1996 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Katherina went from #288 to #471 and Angela from #32 to #216.
Anita Compare
Between 1966 and 1996 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Katherina went from #288 to #471 and Anita from #130 to #241.
Ann Compare
Between 1966 and 1996 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Katherina went from #288 to #471 and Ann from #4 to #95.

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 2 regions, from 1966 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #288 in Republic of Ireland in 1966. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Katherina

Katherina at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Katherina across 2 official records

Katherina by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Katherina at a glance

Katherina across 2 official records

Katherina by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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