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Katrina

Gender
Girl
Say it
ka-TREE-na
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#2,344 for girls
US rank, 2025
#2,214 for girls

Katrina is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “associated with katharos, pure”. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 2,214th for girls in the US (83 babies).

What does Katrina mean?

Greek: form of Katherine

“associated with katharos, pure”

A form of Katherine; Katrina Van Tassel is the heroine of Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Katrina a girl's or a boy's name?

Katrina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 83 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Katrina in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,344among girls
Babies in 2025
12about 1 in 23,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 50% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Katrina, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,780th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 275 girls.

Half of all the girls named Katrina in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 275 in 19962025
Katrina in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202512#2,344
20245#4,253
202310#2,640
202217#1,794
202117#1,794
202017#1,780
201918#1,729
201819#1,678
201730#1,213
201623#1,498
201543#915
201449#850
201340#987
201245#902
201138#997
201057#705
200957#707
200870#594
200770#580
2006102#438
200596#432
200490#441
2003117#351
2002143#298
2001182#254
2000210#225
1999190#243
1998242#197
1997263#188
1996275#179

How popular is Katrina in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,214among girls
Babies in 2025
83about 1 in 19,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 24% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 83 girls in the US were named Katrina, making it the 2,214th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,578th. Its busiest year was 1980, with 3,397 girls. It first appears in the records in 1895.

2025 had fewer girls named Katrina than any year since 1945.

Half of all the girls named Katrina in the US since 1880 were born between 1973 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 95 girls in the US were given Katrina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,748, up from #2,214 for this spelling alone.

1895Busiest: 3,397 in 19802025
Katrina in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202583#2,214
2024128#1,622
2023108#1,850
2022100#1,961
2021156#1,398
2020133#1,578
2019143#1,516
2018143#1,520
2017196#1,224
2016196#1,241
2015225#1,131
2014233#1,092
2013242#1,030
2012272#939
2011234#1,054
2010314#856
2009347#814
2008420#710
2007505#592
2006855#379
20051,328#247
20041,174#281
20031,143#274
20021,115#280
20011,277#251
20001,357#236
19991,293#244
19981,297#235
19971,411#207
19961,543#191
19951,667#181
19941,924#163
19932,036#154
19922,526#131
19912,225#140
19902,479#127
19892,624#114
19882,577#110
19872,613#105
19862,828#99
19852,978#93
19842,630#105
19832,602#108
19823,322#87
19813,257#95
19803,397#90
19792,998#99
19782,439#122
19772,296#126
19762,366#110
19752,130#131
19742,278#126
19732,522#118
19722,751#116
19712,299#139
19702,213#151
19691,791#180
19681,463#207
19671,434#212
19661,309#229
19651,286#239
19641,178#260
19631,079#276
19621,092#271
1961877#316
1960770#344
1959673#368
1958679#354
1957487#424
1956430#441
1955346#487
1954278#531
1953272#518
1952255#533
1951199#608
1950193#601
1949147#697
1948111#831
194795#908
194692#863
194560#994
194454#1,061
194350#1,142
194247#1,153
194152#1,013
194035#1,242
193949#1,009
193829#1,382
193734#1,234
193623#1,549
193523#1,550
193432#1,263
193334#1,224
193229#1,382
193125#1,501
193020#1,814
192917#2,010
192821#1,836
192719#2,025
192628#1,540
192526#1,646
192414#2,513
192322#1,840
192221#1,897
192128#1,577
192016#2,263
191925#1,604
191817#2,101
191721#1,708
191617#1,949
191515#2,049
191416#1,665
191311#1,883
191213#1,540
19116#2,191
19107#1,935
19096#1,957
19085#2,101
19079#1,384
19060–
19059#1,297
19046#1,658
19030–
19020–
19017#1,339
19000–
18990–
18980–
18976#1,384
18960–
18955#1,592

Nicknames for Katrina

Names like Katrina

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Jessica Francesca Alexandra Melissa Georgina Lara Athena Holly Cassandra Elena Emily Christina

Other spellings of Katrina

Catrina

Names related to Katrina

Katherine Kathryn Katerina Catriona Katarina Caterina Kateryna Katharine Katherin Katerin

More Greek 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, “Katrina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/katrina, updated 20 October 2026.