Katarina

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Katarina is a feminine given name. It is the standard Slovak, Croatian, Serbian, Swedish, and Slovenian form of Katherine, and a variant spelling in several other languages. In Croatia, it is the fourth most common female given name, or third if combined with the short form Kata.

From Wikipedia

Katarina first appears in the data in 1958 and has been recorded in 62 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1994 with 523 babies (rank #477 that year). In 2024 it was given to 116 girls (rank #1,743). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Katarina

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Katarina yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

3Destiny numberThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
3Soul urgeThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
9PersonalityThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

9,244

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

523

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Katarina

Katarina Wittfigure skater · b. 1965
Katarina Srebotniktennis player · b. 1981
Katarina BarleyJusticiar · b. 1968
Katarina Taikonpolitical activist · b. 1932
Katarina Johnson-Thompsonathletics competitor · b. 1993

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1958	5	#6,518
1962	11	#4,125
1963	5	#7,076
1964	9	#4,779
1965	6	#6,128
1966	13	#3,646
1968	9	#4,934
1970	18	#3,497
1971	8	#6,278
1972	14	#4,188
1973	17	#3,702
1974	12	#4,850
1975	17	#3,844
1976	13	#4,743
1977	18	#3,969
1978	20	#3,692
1979	12	#5,563
1980	11	#6,090
1981	23	#3,568
1982	17	#4,423
1983	17	#4,361
1984	61	#1,785
1985	36	#2,676
1986	44	#2,315
1987	65	#1,798
1988	173	#963
1989	106	#1,409
1990	140	#1,211
1991	186	#1,003
1992	405	#576
1993	390	#599
1994	523	#477
1995	446	#535
1996	370	#618
1997	371	#611
1998	396	#607
1999	326	#693
2000	387	#646
2001	362	#689
2002	335	#728
2003	292	#836
2004	287	#857
2005	260	#952
2006	225	#1,116
2007	204	#1,226
2008	202	#1,245
2009	149	#1,524
2010	131	#1,638
2011	164	#1,399
2012	140	#1,563
2013	188	#1,265
2014	187	#1,282
2015	175	#1,359
2016	168	#1,390
2017	141	#1,557
2018	134	#1,604
2019	143	#1,518
2020	155	#1,414
2021	150	#1,433
2022	128	#1,652
2023	108	#1,860
2024	116	#1,743