Ekaterina
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Slavic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,916 for girls
Ekaterina is a girls' name of Slavic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).
What does Ekaterina mean?
Slavic
A transliteration of the Russian or Serbo-Croatian female given name Екатерина (Jekaterina), equivalent to Catherine.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Ekaterina a girl's or a boy's name?
Ekaterina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 20 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ekaterina in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Ekaterina, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 18 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Ekaterina than any year since 2001.
Half of all the girls named Ekaterina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Ekaterina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 18 | #1,763 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 18 | #1,696 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Ekaterina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,916th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 80,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Ekaterina, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Ekaterina in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ekaterina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,916 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 31 | #4,436 |
| 2018 | 26 | #5,003 |
| 2017 | 31 | #4,475 |
| 2016 | 33 | #4,344 |
| 2015 | 40 | #3,766 |
| 2014 | 33 | #4,348 |
| 2013 | 28 | #4,885 |
| 2012 | 35 | #4,214 |
| 2011 | 40 | #3,780 |
| 2010 | 37 | #4,022 |
| 2009 | 30 | #4,804 |
| 2008 | 38 | #4,088 |
| 2007 | 35 | #4,298 |
| 2006 | 39 | #3,853 |
| 2005 | 43 | #3,457 |
| 2004 | 35 | #3,985 |
| 2003 | 41 | #3,468 |
| 2002 | 37 | #3,591 |
| 2001 | 37 | #3,545 |
| 2000 | 40 | #3,329 |
| 1999 | 29 | #3,966 |
| 1998 | 31 | #3,727 |
| 1997 | 30 | #3,713 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
Names like Ekaterina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eliana, Isabella, Sienna, Mila, Arabella, Ava, Zara, Isla, Emilia, Lyra, Ayla, Myla
Names related to Ekaterina
More Slavic names
Milan, Vera, Mira, Nadia, Milana, Rayna, Zora, Milena, Raina, Damir, Lev, Siyana, Vlad, Lilyana, Yuri, Milah
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ekaterina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ekaterina, updated 20 October 2026.