# Katya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/katya/  
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 | Russian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Katia |
| US babies named this | 3,176 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,176 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 371, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Transliteration of Russian and Ukrainian Ка́тя (Kátja), diminutive of Екатери́на (Jekaterína), Катери́на (Katerýna).

## 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 | 74 | 2,469 |
| 2012 | 75 | 2,465 |
| 2013 | 63 | 2,744 |
| 2014 | 69 | 2,570 |
| 2015 | 48 | 3,367 |
| 2016 | 68 | 2,606 |
| 2017 | 56 | 2,950 |
| 2018 | 53 | 3,085 |
| 2019 | 64 | 2,696 |
| 2020 | 47 | 3,311 |
| 2021 | 59 | 2,868 |
| 2022 | 48 | 3,343 |
| 2023 | 54 | 3,063 |
| 2024 | 64 | 2,709 |
| 2025 | 42 | 3,614 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 11 | 2,148 |
| 2010 | 10 | 2,392 |
| 2011 | 11 | 2,275 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3,285 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,887 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2017 | 13 | 2,090 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,541 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3,318 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## In other languages

- Danish: Katja
- Finnish: Katja
- French: Katia
- German: Katja
- Hebrew: קטיה
- Portuguese: Cátia
- Russian: Ка́тя
- Swedish: Katja
- Ukrainian: Катя

## People named Katya

- Katya Paskaleva, Bulgarian actress
- Katya Wyeth, American actress
- Katya Virshilas, Canadian actress
- Katya Santos, Filipino actress

## 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.