Kathya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAHT-ya
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Kathya is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Kathya mean?
Greek: variant of Katya, Russian pet form of Yekaterina (Katherine)
A spelling of Katya, the Russian pet form of Yekaterina, the equivalent of Katherine.
Is Kathya a girl's or a boy's name?
Kathya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kathya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Kathya, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 51 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
2025 had fewer girls named Kathya than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Kathya in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kathya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 38 | #3,960 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,889 |
| 2008 | 31 | #4,760 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 34 | #4,264 |
| 2005 | 36 | #3,938 |
| 2004 | 32 | #4,283 |
| 2003 | 28 | #4,531 |
| 2002 | 36 | #3,650 |
| 2001 | 37 | #3,545 |
| 2000 | 40 | #3,329 |
| 1999 | 27 | #4,197 |
| 1998 | 25 | #4,363 |
| 1997 | 25 | #4,236 |
| 1996 | 51 | #2,472 |
| 1995 | 22 | #4,513 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 19 | #4,992 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
Nicknames for Kathya
- Kat
Names like Kathya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kavya Anya Navya Priya Prisha Saanvi Arya Krisha Vanya Aarya Aavya Sasha
Names related to Kathya
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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, “Kathya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kathya, updated 20 October 2026.