# Katerina (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/katerina/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˌkætəˈɹiːnə/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,021 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 8,021 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 877, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 150 | 1,494 |
| 2012 | 156 | 1,464 |
| 2013 | 179 | 1,314 |
| 2014 | 206 | 1,189 |
| 2015 | 218 | 1,160 |
| 2016 | 197 | 1,239 |
| 2017 | 168 | 1,374 |
| 2018 | 206 | 1,172 |
| 2019 | 166 | 1,364 |
| 2020 | 191 | 1,204 |
| 2021 | 195 | 1,216 |
| 2022 | 167 | 1,378 |
| 2023 | 140 | 1,526 |
| 2024 | 153 | 1,444 |
| 2025 | 151 | 1,431 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 43 | 841 |
| 2012 | 33 | 1,058 |
| 2013 | 27 | 1,253 |
| 2014 | 23 | 1,367 |
| 2015 | 31 | 1,114 |
| 2016 | 31 | 1,112 |
| 2017 | 30 | 1,144 |
| 2018 | 34 | 1,035 |
| 2019 | 25 | 1,292 |
| 2020 | 31 | 1,065 |
| 2021 | 24 | 1,311 |
| 2022 | 19 | 1,556 |
| 2023 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2024 | 18 | 1,672 |
| 2025 | 18 | 1,639 |

## People named Katerina

- Kateřina Siniaková, Czech tennis player (born 1996)
- Katerina Vitale, first female pharmacist and chemist in Malta
- Kateřina Emmons, Czech sport shooter
- Kateřina Neumannová, Czech cross country skier
- Katerina Maleeva, Bulgarian tennis player
- Kateřina Baďurová, Czech coach, Olympic athlete and pole vaulter
- Kateřina Nash, Czech skier and cyclist
- Kateřina Konečná, Czech politician
- Kateřina Holubcová, Czech biathlete
- Kateřina Tučková, Czech writer
- Kateřina Svitková, Czech association football player
- Kateřina Němcová, Czech-born American chess player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.