Katya
Girl · Slavic
Katya is a girls' name of Slavic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 3,576th for girls in the US (42 babies).
What does Katya mean?
Slavic
A female given name from Russian or Ukrainian, equivalent to English Kate.
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Is Katya a girl's or a boy's name?
Katya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 42 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Katya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Katya, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 30 girls.
Half of all the girls named Katya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Katya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 2 | #7,391 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 14 | #2,099 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 12 | #2,153 |
| 2008 | 17 | #1,679 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2006 | 24 | #1,188 |
| 2005 | 18 | #1,382 |
| 2004 | 29 | #967 |
| 2003 | 19 | #1,263 |
| 2002 | 24 | #1,016 |
| 2001 | 23 | #1,013 |
| 2000 | 28 | #875 |
| 1999 | 29 | #837 |
| 1998 | 30 | #837 |
| 1997 | 20 | #1,087 |
| 1996 | 14 | #1,381 |
How popular is Katya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,576among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 42about 1 in 38,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 42 girls in the US were named Katya, making it the 3,576th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,281st. Its busiest year was 2001, with 146 girls. It first appears in the records in 1962.
2025 had fewer girls named Katya than any year since 1991.
Half of all the girls named Katya in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Katya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #3,576 |
| 2024 | 64 | #2,694 |
| 2023 | 54 | #3,047 |
| 2022 | 48 | #3,312 |
| 2021 | 59 | #2,848 |
| 2020 | 47 | #3,281 |
| 2019 | 64 | #2,681 |
| 2018 | 53 | #3,049 |
| 2017 | 56 | #2,925 |
| 2016 | 68 | #2,594 |
| 2015 | 48 | #3,346 |
| 2014 | 69 | #2,558 |
| 2013 | 63 | #2,725 |
| 2012 | 75 | #2,449 |
| 2011 | 74 | #2,453 |
| 2010 | 93 | #2,118 |
| 2009 | 85 | #2,286 |
| 2008 | 80 | #2,397 |
| 2007 | 90 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 109 | #1,865 |
| 2005 | 98 | #1,949 |
| 2004 | 115 | #1,683 |
| 2003 | 101 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 117 | #1,583 |
| 2001 | 146 | #1,310 |
| 2000 | 145 | #1,308 |
| 1999 | 118 | #1,459 |
| 1998 | 115 | #1,479 |
| 1997 | 71 | #1,999 |
| 1996 | 115 | #1,429 |
| 1995 | 59 | #2,239 |
| 1994 | 73 | #1,924 |
| 1993 | 47 | #2,595 |
| 1992 | 55 | #2,346 |
| 1991 | 40 | #2,880 |
| 1990 | 36 | #3,073 |
| 1989 | 41 | #2,708 |
| 1988 | 27 | #3,478 |
| 1987 | 23 | #3,740 |
| 1986 | 27 | #3,275 |
| 1985 | 28 | #3,169 |
| 1984 | 19 | #3,989 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,343 |
| 1980 | 19 | #3,991 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,091 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,808 |
| 1970 | 15 | #3,871 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,722 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,624 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
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