Katarina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kat-a-REE-na
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #1,777 for girls
Katarina is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “pure (by traditional association)”. In 2025 it ranked 1,777th for girls in the US (113 babies).
What does Katarina mean?
Greek: Scandinavian and Slavic form of Katherine
“pure (by traditional association)”
The form of Katherine used in Swedish, Croatian, Serbian and several other languages.
Is Katarina a girl's or a boy's name?
Katarina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 113 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Katarina in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 36 girls.
Half of all the girls named Katarina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Katarina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,988 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,895 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 22 | #1,516 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,917 |
| 2010 | 20 | #1,575 |
| 2009 | 16 | #1,763 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,620 |
| 2007 | 21 | #1,374 |
| 2006 | 17 | #1,545 |
| 2005 | 30 | #968 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,488 |
| 2003 | 21 | #1,156 |
| 2002 | 18 | #1,225 |
| 2001 | 22 | #1,042 |
| 2000 | 21 | #1,073 |
| 1999 | 27 | #893 |
| 1998 | 21 | #1,080 |
| 1997 | 36 | #748 |
| 1996 | 31 | #798 |
How popular is Katarina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,777among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 113about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 113 girls in the US were named Katarina, making it the 1,777th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,398th. Its busiest year was 1994, with 523 girls. It first appears in the records in 1958.
Half of all the girls named Katarina in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 171 girls in the US were given Katarina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,176, up from #1,777 for this spelling alone.
Katarina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 113 | #1,777 |
| 2024 | 116 | #1,743 |
| 2023 | 108 | #1,850 |
| 2022 | 128 | #1,648 |
| 2021 | 150 | #1,432 |
| 2020 | 156 | #1,398 |
| 2019 | 143 | #1,516 |
| 2018 | 134 | #1,595 |
| 2017 | 141 | #1,552 |
| 2016 | 168 | #1,386 |
| 2015 | 175 | #1,354 |
| 2014 | 187 | #1,281 |
| 2013 | 188 | #1,264 |
| 2012 | 140 | #1,559 |
| 2011 | 164 | #1,392 |
| 2010 | 131 | #1,633 |
| 2009 | 149 | #1,521 |
| 2008 | 202 | #1,242 |
| 2007 | 204 | #1,224 |
| 2006 | 225 | #1,110 |
| 2005 | 260 | #951 |
| 2004 | 287 | #855 |
| 2003 | 292 | #835 |
| 2002 | 335 | #727 |
| 2001 | 362 | #688 |
| 2000 | 387 | #646 |
| 1999 | 326 | #690 |
| 1998 | 396 | #607 |
| 1997 | 371 | #611 |
| 1996 | 370 | #616 |
| 1995 | 446 | #535 |
| 1994 | 523 | #476 |
| 1993 | 390 | #598 |
| 1992 | 405 | #575 |
| 1991 | 186 | #998 |
| 1990 | 140 | #1,204 |
| 1989 | 106 | #1,402 |
| 1988 | 173 | #960 |
| 1987 | 65 | #1,791 |
| 1986 | 44 | #2,299 |
| 1985 | 36 | #2,656 |
| 1984 | 61 | #1,771 |
| 1983 | 17 | #4,285 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,346 |
| 1981 | 23 | #3,532 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 20 | #3,637 |
| 1977 | 18 | #3,910 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 17 | #3,773 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 17 | #3,634 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,299 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 18 | #3,435 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,778 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 13 | #3,557 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,635 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,010 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
Nicknames for Katarina
- Kat
- Kata
- Rina 6 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Katarina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alexandra Ariana Khadija Francesca Aisha Kiara Jessica Gabriella Olivia Chloe Eliana Isabella
Other spellings of Katarina
Names related to Katarina
Katherine Katerina Katrina Catarina Kateryna Katharine Katrin Katherina Katherin Katerin Kathrine
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Sophie Zoe Iris
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, “Katarina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/katarina, updated 20 October 2026.