Kathia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAH-tee-ah
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #5,409 for girls
Kathia is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,409th for girls in the US (23 babies).
What does Kathia mean?
Greek: Latin American spelling of Katia, from Katherine
Katia began as a Russian pet form of Yekaterina, the Russian Katherine.
Is Kathia a girl's or a boy's name?
Kathia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kathia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 23 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 23 girls in the US were named Kathia, making it the 5,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 99 girls. It first appears in the records in 1954.
Half of all the girls named Kathia in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kathia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #5,409 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,025 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,608 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 31 | #4,475 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 33 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 31 | #4,542 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,315 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,396 |
| 2011 | 34 | #4,243 |
| 2010 | 61 | #2,840 |
| 2009 | 31 | #4,676 |
| 2008 | 39 | #4,005 |
| 2007 | 39 | #3,982 |
| 2006 | 40 | #3,794 |
| 2005 | 46 | #3,313 |
| 2004 | 41 | #3,562 |
| 2003 | 45 | #3,228 |
| 2002 | 35 | #3,726 |
| 2001 | 66 | #2,375 |
| 2000 | 60 | #2,504 |
| 1999 | 44 | #2,988 |
| 1998 | 63 | #2,241 |
| 1997 | 53 | #2,447 |
| 1996 | 99 | #1,575 |
| 1995 | 50 | #2,511 |
| 1994 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,095 |
| 1992 | 33 | #3,337 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,323 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,055 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,842 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,069 |
| 1986 | 28 | #3,201 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
Nicknames for Kathia
- Kathy 3 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Kathia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sophia, Kira, Alessia, Kiara, Talia, Sasha, Anaya, Genesis, Thalia, Kalia, Alia, Amaya
Names related to Kathia
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
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, “Kathia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kathia, updated 20 October 2026.