# Katharina (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/katharina/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,121 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,121 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 77, 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 | 16 | 7,608 |
| 2012 | 28 | 5,037 |
| 2013 | 21 | 6,131 |
| 2014 | 21 | 6,103 |
| 2015 | 30 | 4,657 |
| 2016 | 20 | 6,288 |
| 2017 | 20 | 6,175 |
| 2018 | 17 | 6,945 |
| 2019 | 16 | 7,186 |
| 2020 | 21 | 5,752 |
| 2021 | 20 | 6,065 |
| 2022 | 20 | 6,100 |
| 2023 | 11 | 9,294 |
| 2024 | 15 | 7,417 |
| 2025 | 18 | 6,440 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 3,795 |
| 1997 | 10 | 1,666 |
| 1998 | 4 | 3,142 |
| 1999 | 7 | 2,189 |
| 2000 | 5 | 2,746 |
| 2001 | 4 | 3,262 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2,868 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,970 |
| 2006 | 5 | 3,548 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2008 | 10 | 2,292 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,936 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4,012 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |

## People named Katharina

- Katharina Liensberger, Austrian female alpine skier
- Katharina Schmid, German female ski jumper (born 1996)
- Katharina Molitor, German javelin thrower
- Katharina Gallhuber, Austrian alpine skier
- Katharina Schratt, Austrian stage actress (1853–1940)
- Katharina Hennig, German cross-country skier
- Katharina Huber, Austrian alpine skier
- Katharina Truppe, Austrian alpine skier
- Katharina Schüttler, German actress
- Katharina Naschenweng, association football player
- Katharina Thalbach, German actress and director (born 1954)
- Katharina Wagner, German opera director

## 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.