Katana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-TAH-na
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #3,388 for girls
Katana is a girls' name of Japanese origin, meaning “sword”. In 2025 it ranked 3,388th for girls in the US (45 babies).
What does Katana mean?
Japanese: Japanese word katana
“sword”
The katana is the curved, single-edged sword of the samurai; Katana is also a DC Comics heroine.
Is Katana a girl's or a boy's name?
Katana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 45 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Katana in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 6 girls.
Katana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 2 | #5,038 |
How popular is Katana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,388among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 45about 1 in 36,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 45 girls in the US were named Katana, making it the 3,388th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,890th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 79 girls. It first appears in the records in 1958.
2025 had fewer girls named Katana than any year since 2010.
Half of all the girls named Katana in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Katana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45 | #3,388 |
| 2024 | 69 | #2,559 |
| 2023 | 79 | #2,314 |
| 2022 | 66 | #2,639 |
| 2021 | 69 | #2,533 |
| 2020 | 56 | #2,890 |
| 2019 | 60 | #2,784 |
| 2018 | 66 | #2,610 |
| 2017 | 61 | #2,779 |
| 2016 | 55 | #3,010 |
| 2015 | 65 | #2,712 |
| 2014 | 56 | #3,003 |
| 2013 | 49 | #3,266 |
| 2012 | 53 | #3,133 |
| 2011 | 48 | #3,349 |
| 2010 | 45 | #3,515 |
| 2009 | 62 | #2,825 |
| 2008 | 42 | #3,778 |
| 2007 | 61 | #2,930 |
| 2006 | 39 | #3,853 |
| 2005 | 45 | #3,362 |
| 2004 | 63 | #2,616 |
| 2003 | 49 | #3,040 |
| 2002 | 34 | #3,806 |
| 2001 | 44 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 47 | #2,970 |
| 1999 | 50 | #2,734 |
| 1998 | 53 | #2,567 |
| 1997 | 25 | #4,236 |
| 1996 | 34 | #3,356 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 15 | #5,943 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
Nicknames for Katana
- Kat
Names like Katana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Khadija Amira Anaya Kiara Sienna Safa Aisha Amara Ayla Amaya Hana Amina
Names related to Katana
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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, “Katana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/katana, updated 20 October 2026.