Katara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-TAR-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #3,516 for girls
Katara is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,516th for girls in the US (43 babies).
What does Katara mean?
Modern: from the character in Avatar: The Last Airbender
Katara is the waterbending heroine of the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005-2008).
Is Katara a girl's or a boy's name?
Katara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 43 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Katara in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2020, with 4 girls.
Katara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
How popular is Katara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,516among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 43about 1 in 37,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 43 girls in the US were named Katara, making it the 3,516th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,659th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 69 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
2025 had fewer girls named Katara than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Katara in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Katara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #3,516 |
| 2024 | 69 | #2,559 |
| 2023 | 59 | #2,852 |
| 2022 | 55 | #2,995 |
| 2021 | 65 | #2,638 |
| 2020 | 63 | #2,659 |
| 2019 | 41 | #3,664 |
| 2018 | 27 | #4,886 |
| 2017 | 31 | #4,475 |
| 2016 | 29 | #4,733 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 43 | #3,571 |
| 2012 | 39 | #3,914 |
| 2011 | 54 | #3,091 |
| 2010 | 45 | #3,515 |
| 2009 | 36 | #4,195 |
| 2008 | 31 | #4,760 |
| 2007 | 23 | #5,891 |
| 2006 | 24 | #5,544 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,317 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 24 | #4,571 |
| 1998 | 30 | #3,828 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,252 |
| 1992 | 23 | #4,375 |
| 1991 | 29 | #3,627 |
| 1990 | 28 | #3,709 |
| 1989 | 33 | #3,159 |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,888 |
| 1987 | 21 | #3,980 |
| 1986 | 21 | #3,888 |
| 1985 | 31 | #2,938 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,714 |
| 1981 | 29 | #2,986 |
| 1980 | 20 | #3,852 |
| 1979 | 19 | #3,902 |
| 1978 | 17 | #4,079 |
| 1977 | 24 | #3,175 |
| 1976 | 16 | #3,961 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
Nicknames for Katara
- Kat
Names like Katara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Khadija Tanisha Aisha Kiana Amira Anvika Alaira Krisha Abeeha Kaliyah Amoura Kridha
Names related to Katara
More Modern names
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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, “Katara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/katara, updated 20 October 2026.