# Katrine (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/katrine/  
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 | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 903 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 903 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 21, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 14 | 7,028 |
| 2000 | 10 | 9,523 |
| 2001 | 8 | 11,507 |
| 2002 | 5 | 16,762 |
| 2003 | 10 | 10,038 |
| 2004 | 13 | 8,487 |
| 2005 | 7 | 13,724 |
| 2006 | 7 | 14,332 |
| 2007 | 6 | 16,522 |
| 2008 | 8 | 13,194 |
| 2011 | 5 | 18,181 |
| 2012 | 7 | 14,236 |
| 2014 | 5 | 17,857 |
| 2016 | 5 | 17,561 |
| 2017 | 6 | 15,018 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 3,795 |
| 1997 | 5 | 2,738 |
| 1998 | 3 | 3,848 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3,725 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |

## People named Katrine

- Katrine Fruelund, Danish handball player
- Katrine Veje, Danish footballer
- Katrine Engberg, Danish actress and novelist
- Katrine Pedersen, Danish footballer
- Katrine Abel, Danish soccer 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.