Katana
Katana was the 3427th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 45 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 2326th with 79 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 698 places. More babies were named Katana in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,427 girls, down 513 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 45girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202379 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,771babies recorded
Katana popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,427 | 45 |
| 2020 | #2,914 | 56 |
| 2010 | #3,545 | 45 |
| 2000 | #2,997 | 47 |
| 1990 | #6,279 | 14 |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | #6,649 | 7 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Katana, counting every spelling?
Katana has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Katana?
45 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Katana (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Katana born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 186 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Katana.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Katana?
About 1,800 people born in the US named Katana are alive today, with a median age of 15; half are between 7 and 24. That makes Katana mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Katana by state
How common Katana was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 47 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Katana: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Katana, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Katana
How popular is the name Katana?
Katana was the 3427th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 45 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 2326th with 79 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 698 places. More babies were named Katana in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Katana a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Katana in the US.
Where is Katana most popular?
In 2021–2025, Katana was most common in Arizona (0.05 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and Texas.