Katya

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Katya: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #787, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#787highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1434
1997	#1074
1998	#787
1999	#842
2000	#804
2001	#962
2002	#998
2003	#1269
2004	#985
2005	#1406
2006	#1201
2007	#2233
2008	#1641
2009	#2148
2010	#2392
2011	#2275
2012	#3285
2013	#2887
2015	#3615
2016	#4096
2017	#2090
2018	#3985
2019	#3541
2020	#3117
2021	#4634
2023	#4056
2024	#3318

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 England and Wales in 27 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1434 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #787 among girls in England and Wales, in 1998 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Katya by decade in England and Wales · 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 Katya in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	85	4 of 10	21
2000sbusiest	189	10 of 10	19
2010s	71	9 of 10	8
2020s	23	4 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 19 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Katya appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #787 in England and Wales in 1998.

Katya'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	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2887	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2275	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2148	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1641	16	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2233	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1201	22	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1406	16	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#985	25	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1269	17	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#998	22	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#962	22	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#804	28	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#842	26	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#787	29	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1074	18	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1434	12	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #787, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 29 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
18 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,318position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
29births registered in its largest year, 199825 to 49 births →

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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Malikah · #788, 27y
Merlin · #786, 29y
Vikram · #788, 29y
Zahid · #788, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Ananya · #787, 28y
Malikah · #788, 27y
Merlin · #786, 29y
Vikram · #788, 29y

Katya was ranked #787 in England and Wales · Girls in 1998. 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.

Katya 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 Katya without appearing here.

Katya moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #5493.
Kristy Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3285 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #5666.
Belinda Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4634 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4056 and #5687.

Moved ahead of Katya

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3117 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #4634 and #1286.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2090 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #1436.
Ezra Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2887 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #3615 and #1279.
Diane Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3117 and #3899 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #4634 and #2499.

Moved the opposite way to Katya

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Katya went from #1434 to #3318 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Katya went from #1434 to #3318 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Katya went from #1434 to #3318 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Katya went from #1434 to #3318 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Katya

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Katya went from #1434 to #3318 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Katya went from #1434 to #3318 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Katya went from #1434 to #3318 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Katya went from #1434 to #3318 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #787 in England and Wales in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Katya

Katya at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Katya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Katya at a glance

Katya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Katya and the names beside it

Katya moved ahead of

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