Kateri
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAT-er-ee
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #4,351 for girls
Kateri is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,351st for girls in the US (32 babies).
What does Kateri mean?
Greek: Mohawk form of Catherine
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, a 17th-century Mohawk woman, was the first Native American to be canonised, in 2012.
Is Kateri a girl's or a boy's name?
Kateri is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 32 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kateri in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,351st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 32 about 1 in 50,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 32 girls in the US were named Kateri, making it the 4,351st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,356th. Its busiest year was 1980, with 65 girls. It first appears in the records in 1937.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Kateri than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Kateri in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kateri in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #4,351 |
| 2024 | 39 | #3,822 |
| 2023 | 41 | #3,707 |
| 2022 | 42 | #3,651 |
| 2021 | 43 | #3,552 |
| 2020 | 31 | #4,356 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,922 |
| 2018 | 55 | #2,961 |
| 2017 | 48 | #3,305 |
| 2016 | 52 | #3,139 |
| 2015 | 47 | #3,389 |
| 2014 | 61 | #2,807 |
| 2013 | 62 | #2,768 |
| 2012 | 60 | #2,865 |
| 2011 | 43 | #3,602 |
| 2010 | 29 | #4,859 |
| 2009 | 29 | #4,930 |
| 2008 | 35 | #4,359 |
| 2007 | 49 | #3,376 |
| 2006 | 37 | #3,991 |
| 2005 | 46 | #3,313 |
| 2004 | 41 | #3,562 |
| 2003 | 41 | #3,468 |
| 2002 | 44 | #3,192 |
| 2001 | 51 | #2,840 |
| 2000 | 54 | #2,704 |
| 1999 | 55 | #2,564 |
| 1998 | 49 | #2,728 |
| 1997 | 55 | #2,388 |
| 1996 | 43 | #2,792 |
| 1995 | 47 | #2,618 |
| 1994 | 39 | #2,983 |
| 1993 | 43 | #2,763 |
| 1992 | 47 | #2,607 |
| 1991 | 39 | #2,929 |
| 1990 | 40 | #2,845 |
| 1989 | 36 | #2,980 |
| 1988 | 44 | #2,442 |
| 1987 | 52 | #2,097 |
| 1986 | 38 | #2,563 |
| 1985 | 45 | #2,252 |
| 1984 | 42 | #2,298 |
| 1983 | 38 | #2,432 |
| 1982 | 45 | #2,220 |
| 1981 | 37 | #2,529 |
| 1980 | 65 | #1,720 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,051 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,777 |
| 1977 | 26 | #3,001 |
| 1976 | 20 | #3,406 |
| 1975 | 23 | #3,052 |
| 1974 | 23 | #3,008 |
| 1973 | 22 | #3,014 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,091 |
| 1971 | 22 | #3,062 |
| 1970 | 15 | #3,871 |
| 1969 | 13 | #3,957 |
| 1968 | 20 | #2,874 |
| 1967 | 27 | #2,327 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,197 |
| 1965 | 20 | #2,743 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,635 |
| 1963 | 29 | #2,210 |
| 1962 | 19 | #2,813 |
| 1961 | 17 | #3,059 |
| 1960 | 16 | #3,094 |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,435 |
| 1958 | 12 | #3,542 |
| 1957 | 13 | #3,308 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 13 | #3,224 |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,122 |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,384 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
Nicknames for Kateri
- Kat
Names like Kateri
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eleni, Demi, Leilani, Noemi, Andi, Kali, Kori, Kira, Genesis, Lexi, Alexis, Selene
Names related to Kateri
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from 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, “Kateri: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kateri, updated 20 October 2026.